Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy black porcelain sugar bowl I've had a few of

I've had a few of these old push button boxing toys in the shop

a London-born artist who moved to the San Francisco area in the late 1800s

I'm listing individually as I feel like one might have an affinity for a particular word or combination--on this one I just love  the parallel between swimming duck and floating astronaut

this little doll feels decidedly animate

the book was mounted to a dark blue/black painted panel intensively carved with stars

Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy black porcelain sugar bowl I've had a few ofThe more battered the better for me when it comes to old decoys it's the one's that wear their work on their backs (literally) and that show all sorts of losses and or repairs that I find most appealing, both aesthetically and empathetically! This one is most definitely one of those, with holes and bent nails scattered across its carved, black painted body, and a head that seems perhaps to have been salvaged from another and crudely nailed on, making