Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear but overall good condition with

but overall good condition with no notable dings or other issues

A little paint loss along the left edge in addition to stains along the right edge and over the water

As sweet an old carved dog as I think I've had

I've never forgotten it as an example of just the sort of mid century studio pottery I love

I presume featuring its maker

Fabulous Antique Darner with Painted Face mohair teddy bear but overall good condition withI think the face painted long ago on this old darner is just fantastic feeling as if hovering in a sort of liminal zone between person and ghost, male and female, happy and sad, etc. And that marvelous old creamy white paint, with a bit of red on the cheeks, with what looks to be a fingerprint preserved for posterity in the dab at right. To my eye just a fabulous thing in all regards, which made my heart skip a beat when I spotted it an instant sense