Forever Shaking, c. 18th Century Delftware Tile with Perfectly Smeared Hand-painted Dancing Couple folk art trout with the grain of the

with the grain of the wood enhancing a sense of its alertness and forward pointing readiness

which I just think are so great looking and fun

additional relief patterns up the sides and around the neck

I love brass and steel plumb bobs or all shapes and sizes

Forever Shaking, c. 18th Century Delftware Tile with Perfectly Smeared Hand-painted Dancing Couple folk art trout with the grain of theA happy accident this one, with what I believe was a smear to the rendering of the two figures literally baked into the tile several centuries ago! The effect, to my eye, is to add even more vigor to their dancing, as if they're forever shaking their whole bodies with a sort of maniacal exhuberance! Which somehow feels especially right for a Delft tile immediately recognizable things, iconic really, and made to laid in larger groups, such that their