Devil Dog! 19th C. Hand-painted Delft Tile antique kindergartenfroebel kindergarten blocks slings and tourniquets

slings and tourniquets

otherwise very good condition

It's rare I come across a painting of flamingoes in these parts

This one is completely that

while she was  teaching at the Harlem Art Center and working at the New York branch of the WPA graphics division

Devil Dog! 19th C. Hand-painted Delft Tile antique kindergartenfroebel kindergarten blocks slings and tourniquetsI purchased this one from a Dutch dealer who maintains an outpost at a New Hampshire antiques store that I frequent, and so, not surprisingly, knows his Delft pottery. (One finds older tiles, as well as newer ones, in this manner, but this one I have on good authority is 19th c). For me of course it's all about this creature, looking very much like a dog with devil horns! One often sees bounding rabbits on these Delft tiles, which perhaps this was