Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher vintage folk art sculpture and instead turned up a

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

in this case the shell of a walnut

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Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher vintage folk art sculpture and instead turned up aI 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