Amazing 1950s Snapshot of American Family at Leisure handmade clay frog ) to that forward pointing

) to that forward pointing sharp left elbow and life preserver firmly grasped in the other hand

Another Maine find

On the reverse it is signed by a David Schultz in blue ink and dated 1860--(along with numbers running 1-9 first forwards then backwards)--suggesting perhaps that its maker was in fact David and perhaps that it was made to mark the birth or life of Abraham

I purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing

I have a vague recollection of seeing this wonderful fish tureen for sale at Bennington Potters sometime in the 80s

Amazing 1950s Snapshot of American Family at Leisure handmade clay frog ) to that forward pointingI think this is an incredible photograph, specifically, and especially as a portrait of the American Family c. 1950s. The mother is crocheting and eying her daughter, the father is reading (and I might guess holding a cigarette just out of view) and the daughter is flying a toy plane, imagining the future! On the mantle, a collection of several photographs, a "Wilson Walkie" elephant, an array of figurines, and very c. 1940s 50s stereotypical Native