Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms I think really nothing beats

I think really nothing beats rustic pottery like this for everyday use and enduring beauty

I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham

who made this excellent dial to make learning multiplication a lot more fun

tension closure

The box is pretty beaten up but the set seems to be pretty complete

Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms I think really nothing beatsI wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b. Indian Mills, WV 1901; died Hinton, WV 1997) when I found this and one other drawing by him (already sold) I just completely fell in love with this assembly of characters, and all that one might speculate about them! I have since learned a bit about him since, and quite an interesting artist, and human, he seems to have been. The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions