Sculpted Stoneware Pottery Bust of Literary Looking Gentleman leaded glass My guess is that this

My guess is that this piece dates to the second half of the 19th century--based both upon looking at a lot of other wooden pull toys

I feel like I should recognize this face

Vintage from the 1980s

who wears the same silver jewelry all of the time

these signs of age add to the appeal of this piece

Sculpted Stoneware Pottery Bust of Literary Looking Gentleman leaded glass My guess is that thisI feel like I should recognize this face. Walt Whitman, perhaps? Certainly he looks like a literary sort of fellow; if he had a body, surely he would be holding a book, and maybe a pen, too! As such, a pretty perfect piece for the bookshelf, and plenty heavy to serve as a bookend at the same time. He's quite nicely sculpted of a warm, deep brown coarse stoneware, and hollow on the interior, with felt pads added at some point around the edge. I can't