Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board carved by a "RCS" in

carved by a "RCS" in January of 1931

too--best understood through details (and hard to capture well in photos white trying to balance with the softer

as much lovelier in person

which means to grow

and the lettering to about then as well

Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board carved by a "RCS" inI 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