Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board making it feel as if

making it feel as if if its wearer did plenty of caretaking

which means to grow

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with the central image including several vignettes occurring in a shop of some sort accompanied by the phrase "Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will Keep Thee" (another reason why this one won me

Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board making it feel as ifI found this old bear in Pennsylvania, a folk art sewer tile end of day creation I believe, with terrific all over incising into the clay to evince fur, and my favorite detail the tail wrapped around one hind leg. Two little holes for the nostrils pressed into the underside of the snout, too. Really a sweet and singular one, with flat back that seems poised for carrying friends! Early 20th century I believe, with two marks or initials scratched into