Antique Staple Repaired Hand-thrown Blue and White Stoneware Pitcher domino I understand from the seller

I understand from the seller I purchased this from that the artist was an employee at the Bedford National Bank in Bedford

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and a really a cool object

and with a little care her arms can be arranged to stick out through the sleeves--as shown in the photo of her from the back

that it is a “Shutter dog”— made to hold a shutter open (“dog” being an Old English term for fastener)

Antique Staple Repaired Hand-thrown Blue and White Stoneware Pitcher domino I understand from the sellerI've been wanting to find a staple repaired piece of pottery that wears its staples prominently on the exterior rather than the underside, so, happily, here is this antique stoneware pitcher with staples about as pronounced as they could be. I love how Frankenstein ian they appear, running in different directions right up to the lip of the pitcher, and also how graphic against the plain white body of the pitcher, with just minimal blue stripes for