Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms I am pretty sure it

I am pretty sure it is more than 100 years old

Here it appears the blue was painted over an earlier coat of red

and the reverse showing two old patches

I love the absurdity of this one

Found sandwiched between board and glass to keep it safe

Charming Old Folk Art Clay Skunk with Bristle Tail vase with tree and blossoms I am pretty sure itI 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