Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe mexican retabli are all about book as

are all about book as object for me--namely about the gorgeous hand-printed paper on the  cover-boards

with slightly cocked head

(Could be pretty easily trimmed or laid atop another sheet or matte to match

who is also a choreographer

as if she were expressing woe at a wayward cub or two

Character-full c. Late 19th Century End of the Day Sewer Tile Folk Art High Heeled Shoe mexican retabli are all about book asAn 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