Unusual, and Functional, Doorknob Head lily of the valley pin the rustic and welcoming environments

the rustic and welcoming environments in which the foods had unrepeatable flavors and the stories were born to become proverbs and nursery rhymes to be transmitted for centuries

cabinet shops

1860s I believe

perhaps made for collecting autographs

with one dark spot as documented in photos

Unusual, and Functional, Doorknob Head lily of the valley pin the rustic and welcoming environmentsSuch a funny one, the likes of which I've never seen, and which it appears to me could in fact be put to use as a door knob either welcoming one into a room or joining one inside like a peeping tom! Heavy I guess stoneware (appears gray where chipped, almost like cement) sculpted over the original handle, then glazed. Plenty of surface chips which seem right in conjunction with his furrowed brow but as a whole seems pretty much indestructible! 7 1 8