SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! bittersweet green with a couple of old

with a couple of old nails still in its feet via which it must have once attached to a rail or base

) I love it for that ambiguity

The faces on this one are especially great

And a really great looking reward

SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! bittersweet green with a couple of oldI've been paying a bit more attention of late to antique American stoneware of course the decorated crocks I find very beautiful are way way beyond my means, but curious pieces like this mug are just my speed! Impressed (type stamped) into the underside is "1st Triennial, June 28, 1905" but what sort of triennial I have no idea. (A quick search reveals Teddy Roosevelt spoke at Harvard's alumni dinner that evening; perhaps the mug was made for a