Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms I love the absurdity of

I love the absurdity of this one

and I'd think

not identified as Fornasetti by the dealer

I am pretty sure it is more than 100 years old

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms I love the absurdity ofI found this hand formed clay skunk, dipped in a thick black, almost tar like (but not sticky) coat, at a show in Pennsylvania this past summer, and have just enjoyed having him sitting around for a while. Something about the shape of those individually sculpted and applied legs really does it for me, and then this bristle tail too. I have some notion that the tail had a function like the bristles found at one end of old cork screws used for clearing