1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack american seascape The top of the turtle

The top of the turtle fits snugly to its bottom

This one is a bit different than the others in that it features just one boxer

Though there's been a bit more minor splitting since

I want to describe this Japanese vessel as Brutalist

and how happy I am to find them

1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack american seascape The top of the turtleQuite a thing, to which the chalkware bull i just listed might make just the right companion (!), and which itself, a posthumous portrait of Will Rogers by Indiana artist August Mack, represents the convergence of two quite singular individuals, born the same year. (This piece came from a notable folk outsider art collection, different from where i found the bull!) Rogers (1879 1935) gained acclaim as a trick roper and vaudeville actor, and went on to