Wolf Rescuing Ram, c. 1860s Framed Antique Prattware Jar Lid, “The Snow Drift” folk art wooden bird Super stylish

Super stylish

It features three dates:  Mar

I purchased this piece at the estate sale of gallerist Cynthia Numark Prelack

but it looks to me perhaps to be made of porcelain

Wolf Rescuing Ram, c. 1860s Framed Antique Prattware Jar Lid, “The Snow Drift” folk art wooden bird Super stylishIts the subject that attracted me to this one, which is a framed English Prattware pot lid, c. 1860, made after a print by Henry Edwin Landseer I believe. Prattware refers to the underglaze polychrome printing process, invented in 1847 by Felix Pratt of Fenton, Staffordshire, and making use of three color plates plus a black key plate. The image has a fantastic sharpness and clarity to it, and of course I love this kindly wolf defying its nature to