Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame papier mache napkin rings as our subject looks not

as our subject looks not entirely ready or eager to have have her photograph taken

with various dings and scrapes and wear that just add to its charms

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I've searched a bunch and found similar ones described as late 19th century Rockingham glazed and as Bennington flint glazed

Very Large Antique Pen and Ink Bull Portrait in Period Frame papier mache napkin rings as our subject looks notWhen I spotted this bull from quite a distance in Vermont this past week, I had two immediate thoughts. First, its scale and pen work made with think of Spencerian drawings minus all of the calligraphic flourishes which seems right when rendering the proud head of a bull! Second, as someone who spent many years living in Kansas City, I thought this one really should find a home in the midwest, perhaps ideally on the wall of an old school steakhouse,