Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe silver pheasant rank badge Sailors used this type of

Sailors used this type of sand glass to measure the speed of a vessel: a triangular piece of wood connected to a rope knotted every 43

the other a cut out of a handsome young man with mustache

Photo shows some brown staining across her skirt

I haven’t been buying a lot of pottery of late

New Jersey--and was clearly much referenced (surely hung--and rehung-- in a studio or art department

Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe silver pheasant rank badge Sailors used this type ofAn excellent example of an end of the day sewer tile whimsy of sorts, and an early one, late 19th century I believe. Sewer tile creations of this sort, easy to recognize my the character of the clay (and in this case the clay is especially, wonderfully craggy and the dark brown glaze richly applied), were made by factory workers, especially in and around Ohio, using leftover (hence, "end of day") clay from industrial sewer pipe production. Like the