Dinged But Excellent Old Painted Chalkware Spotted Bulldog J.I austen chicago This is about the folkiest

This is about the folkiest of these I've ever seen

in which these would be good

who went out gathering the seaweed herself to add to the collection here--freedom for her

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

Dinged But Excellent Old Painted Chalkware Spotted Bulldog J.I austen chicago This is about the folkiestWhat a face! And what a character! This was a week for finding dogs everywhere I went, but this guy might win the day. There were late 19th c. cast iron mechanical banks of black and white bulldogs in just this pose, so perhaps he was modeled after one of those this guy painted chalkware, heavy for his size, and I might guess made to function as a doorstop ( indeed he's taken some dings) but maybe just to sit on a counter and intimidate! With curious