SOLD 1908 Painted Folk Art Clay Pipe with Hearts and Animals and More made in Sweden I continue to be fascinated

I continue to be fascinated by these old punch paper embroideries because of the way image and text were combined--the more unexpected the combination the better

but the exterior I find quite beautiful

owing 5 cents to the hoeing laborer below

)  My personal favorite is this illustration of "Figurative Geometry" with literal canaries for the Canary Islands

I'm always on the hunt for vintage Mexican folk art animals of any sort

SOLD 1908 Painted Folk Art Clay Pipe with Hearts and Animals and More made in Sweden I continue to be fascinatedI don't have a pipe stand so forgive the photos of this pipe, which do it no justice it's really one of my favorite things I found at Brimfield, reminding me a lot of early flash art for tattoos, and with a wonderful presence and richer color to the painting on it than photos convey. On one side it is dated 1908, with a heart below, and on the other a bird and a leaf. On the front (outside facing) end of the pipe bowl is a big red heart with an arrow