Wonderful 1880s Walker and Pratt Cast Iron Stove Front with Faces first edition 1906 3 7/8" across at handle

3 7/8" across at handle

and hawking nose-- made all the better by the orange and black striped hat resting atop his head

Though largely self taught

enhancing the feeling of this as its own little homestead

Everything about this lovely stoneware bowl makes me believe it is a piece by highly collectible mid-century studio potter Frank C

Wonderful 1880s Walker and Pratt Cast Iron Stove Front with Faces first edition 1906 3 7/8" across at handleNot totally my usually thing, but I thought this was such a beautiful (and beautifully preserved) piece of cast iron, especially with those faces at the top corners, that I just couldn't resist it. It was once the front screen of a c. 1880 Walker and Pratt parlor stove, which had a side load door, so that the front was just the fire view, gorgeously framed! I thought it could be great in front of a fireplace now, or one could or, as long as well