Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe sun rubber so I jumped on this

so I jumped on this when I came across it--a wonderfully folky little icon honoring Saint Anne and her daughter Mary

and then dressed in this crocheted onesie

Some creasing and stains to bottom corners of paper and a little toning along the far edges of paper

There are two holes along one edge of the panel showing that it was hinged to something else--I would guess it was likely the lid of a box

appears to have been Owen Cranly

Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe sun rubber so I jumped on thisAn excellent example of an end of the day sewer tile whimsy of sorts, and an early one, late 19th century I believe. Sewer tile creations of this sort, easy to recognize my the character of the clay (and in this case the clay is especially, wonderfully craggy and the dark brown glaze richly applied), were made by factory workers, especially in and around Ohio, using leftover (hence, "end of day") clay from industrial sewer pipe production. Like the