Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig I just love this handmade

I just love this handmade one-of-a-kind trivet (and I have a second trivet clearly by the same maker

and they ought to be planted in vessels worthy of them

but it is the gestural application of the blue glaze that really makes this one

1710) to me: famous for its porcelain figurines

a hardware merchant and ship chandler

Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig I just love this handmadeThese wonderful things! With their great color combinations and especially their fantastically shaped hats and bases, they remind me think a bit of Constructivist sculpture and even more so of the costumes in Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), but their sweet hand drawn faces are pure folk. The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles, with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases, just