Farm Scene with Two Cows and Man with Rifle, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting antique pick up sticks I am not entirely sure

I am not entirely sure that these are Jugtown North Carolina pottery

initialed A

I can't help but to think of this Inuit carved soapstone Narwahl as a good luck talisman- like a unicorn

and feels great to hold and wield

Farm Scene with Two Cows and Man with Rifle, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting antique pick up sticks I am not entirely sureAnother old folk art farm painting, because I can't resist them, and I think the painted cows on this one are especially good. I spend a lot of tine driving, and walking, too, around places that still look very much like this, which makes it feel both quintessential New England and also specific, as if I might drive right by this particular property still looking very much the same. It looks to me that the figure here in blue coat and black hat holds