SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! hand-carved decoy 1940s I believe--just around the

1940s I believe--just around the time that Haitian art emerged on the international art scene

black cloth tape was wrapped around one edge of the glass for easier (and safer) gripping--the latter of which comes off easily

I found it along with her wedding certificate from 1851

this figure--with wonderfully broad shoulders echoing the breadth of one lowered and one raised knee--appears almost buddha-like in his posture and poise

SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! hand-carved decoy 1940s I believe--just around theI've been paying a bit more attention of late to antique American stoneware of course the decorated crocks I find very beautiful are way way beyond my means, but curious pieces like this mug are just my speed! Impressed (type stamped) into the underside is "1st Triennial, June 28, 1905" but what sort of triennial I have no idea. (A quick search reveals Teddy Roosevelt spoke at Harvard's alumni dinner that evening; perhaps the mug was made for a