1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack american seascape Right up my alley and

Right up my alley and I think just terrific

and how happy I am to find them

I have a hard time passing by a lovingly carved dog

The top of the turtle fits snugly to its bottom

and would feel quite at home amid a collection of Native American pueblo pottery in a complimentary sort of way

1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack american seascape Right up my alley andQuite a thing, to which the chalkware bull i just listed might make just the right companion (!), and which itself, a posthumous portrait of Will Rogers by Indiana artist August Mack, represents the convergence of two quite singular individuals, born the same year. (This piece came from a notable folk outsider art collection, different from where i found the bull!) Rogers (1879 1935) gained acclaim as a trick roper and vaudeville actor, and went on to