Two Prize Roosters, Greenville NY, Early 20th Century Drawings white dog though--really lovely--and large enough to

though--really lovely--and large enough to house a stash of special things

deeply carved grid of red and black lines

I find this antique Persian tile so beautiful

an artist best known for his depiction of scenes of Native Americans in the Southwestern U

One finds a fair number of handmade doggy doorstops from the 1940s and 50s (I wonder if they were something people made in shop class

Two Prize Roosters, Greenville NY, Early 20th Century Drawings white dog though--really lovely--and large enough toI've gotten to where I think there is nothing I like more than drawings like these, created not so much to be artful as to serve a function, in this case documenting two prize roosters (I believe roosters rather than hens but I could be wrong) bred by a M. D Chesbro in Greenville, NY. Clearly the pumpkin red color of the Red Quill above was its most important attribute, which the J. D. Gay at bottom seems all about those tail feathers! Such proud