Most Perfect Block Letters Alphabet Scarf with Polka Dot Border pale blue glazed facing off with cocks in

facing off with cocks in hand--and with the shadow of what looks to be a woman in skirt hovering over them

5" diameter x 6" tall

3 7/8" x 3 7/8" x 7/8" and in very good condition

MA in 1879 and buried in Stonington

19 3/8” t x 10 3/16” w x 5 1/2” d and in good condition

Most Perfect Block Letters Alphabet Scarf with Polka Dot Border pale blue glazed facing off with cocks inThe dealer friend I purchased this from bought it years ago from Paula Rubenstein's shop in NYC; he paid a fair bit for it, and I did too, but it struck me as a completely perfect thing and I just couldn't walk away from it. (And I'll be glad to keep it for myself forever.) As a lover of letters, and alphabet blocks (and alphabet samplers, and antique spellers, and printed textiles, etc. etc.) and polka dots, too! for me it brings many things together