Sewer Tile Folk Art Bust with Great Face decorative object Nice surface to the black

Nice surface to the black paint of the carved box

Some paint loss around the edges and plenty of wear and stains (I did since clean what I think was a little bird poop on the 3)

and also because who doesn't want to hold the proverbial keys to the castle

this one seems just right

drew it when he was 15 years old

Sewer Tile Folk Art Bust with Great Face decorative object Nice surface to the blackA wonderfully folky example of sewer pipe sewer tile pottery, this guy would have been sculpted by a factory worker at the end of the day using leftover clay. One sees some sewer tile pieces that were made using molds, but it's the hand sculpted ones that I love, which were made as whimsies of sorts, sometimes as gifts and sometimes, as I understand it, as (often humorously exaggerated) portraits of bosses or co workers. This guy looks to me as if in