Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher carved saint (Or perhaps a cat with

(Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin

which to me are really all about the packaging and delivery of color--here 73 samples of different shades

Found in Upstate NY near Albany

If desired it looks to me that the wires still on the underside of the base could be clipped and the structure could be detached from the base

Staining as evident but no losses and tightly bound with string

Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher carved saint (Or perhaps a cat withI 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