Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms and the reverse showing two

and the reverse showing two old patches

I think this old mold is quite iconic feeling in it simplicity of form

I am pretty sure it is more than 100 years old

I love the absurdity of this one

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms and the reverse showing twoI found this hand formed clay skunk, dipped in a thick black, almost tar like (but not sticky) coat, at a show in Pennsylvania this past summer, and have just enjoyed having him sitting around for a while. Something about the shape of those individually sculpted and applied legs really does it for me, and then this bristle tail too. I have some notion that the tail had a function like the bristles found at one end of old cork screws used for clearing