Charming Old Hand-painted Chalkware Donkey pottery vessel at least most of the

at least most of the time

which led me to learn that images of babies spilling and dropping things (usually in tears) seems to have been a bit of a thing in the early years of the 20th century

there are hooks on both ends of it

and was pretty smart to paint the red border and ruled lines to bump up against with these wonderful black letters

c/o Columbia Trust Company at 135 Broadway

Charming Old Hand-painted Chalkware Donkey pottery vessel at least most of theThere are a fair number of old chalkware donkeys out there, most made to be part of tabletop mangers and the like; I am not completely sure this is one of those, as it is far more charming than any others I have seen, but that might be my guess. He lost his ears along the way, which I think just adds to his very empathetic nature, as does some chipping to the pink paint of his muzzle. Great surface all over and loaded with character. 5" l x 4 1 4" t x