Louisa Popeney, Pennsylvania Antique 1880s Signed Autograph Book tabletop This stoneware vase was hand

This stoneware vase was hand thrown then pressed on four sides to give it a faceted yet still very organic form

I think it's a really wonderful piece

but that is not the case with this one

I've become a huge fan of Northeast Coast Native American baskets

during which he made studies that provided material for many later paintings and engravings

Louisa Popeney, Pennsylvania Antique 1880s Signed Autograph Book tabletop This stoneware vase was handWhat I love so much about this antique autograph book, owned by a Louise Popeney and started in 1881, is the wit of many of those who signed it, and how muchlike a high school yearbookit reveals of the times. Among my personal favorites: Alas, alas, I am so dumb I cannot write in this album, and Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe. But there are so many good ones. And on the second to last page, clever Fannie writes Last of all came