Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe silver pheasant rank badge Photo shows some brown staining

Photo shows some brown staining across her skirt

New Jersey--and was clearly much referenced (surely hung--and rehung-- in a studio or art department

but taken out of that context what I like is the diagonal of the arrow

I like to think they were best friends

With cotton back

Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe silver pheasant rank badge Photo shows some brown stainingAn excellent example of an end of the day sewer tile whimsy of sorts, and an early one, late 19th century I believe. Sewer tile creations of this sort, easy to recognize my the character of the clay (and in this case the clay is especially, wonderfully craggy and the dark brown glaze richly applied), were made by factory workers, especially in and around Ohio, using leftover (hence, "end of day") clay from industrial sewer pipe production. Like the