Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher vintage folk art sculpture perhaps ironically

perhaps ironically

I believe it was a cast iron foot from an old bathtub that was turned upside down

I found this one in Maine in the immediate aftermath of an April snowstorm (carrying a flashlight through an antiques store

who look as if themselves born of this very dense and loaded apple tree

Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher vintage folk art sculpture perhaps ironicallyI found this old bear in Pennsylvania, a folk art sewer tile end of day creation I believe, with terrific all over incising into the clay to evince fur, and my favorite detail the tail wrapped around one hind leg. Two little holes for the nostrils pressed into the underside of the snout, too. Really a sweet and singular one, with flat back that seems poised for carrying friends! Early 20th century I believe, with two marks or initials scratched into