Penny Covered Folk Art Bottle unique trivet engaged in drawing the old

engaged in drawing the old woman

This elegant

There is variation to the clay body

orange and yellow

This is an old wood--I think perhaps beech--and forged iron spokeshave

Penny Covered Folk Art Bottle unique trivet engaged in drawing the oldI'm not really sure whether to call this penny covered bottle folk art or tramp art or just plain crafty, but I rather love it. Part of what I think makes it great is its utter impracticality this thing weighs about 10 pounds! so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled, it would be quite a thing to pour from! I also love the tenacity heroicism, really of its maker, who persisted in gluing these pennies one by one, layer by layer,