Antique Framed Charcoal Folk Art Drawing of Loyal Companion leather or grasses

or grasses

Barrel boxes: both 3" tall

I believe this one

though it is so distinctive and beautifully decorated I think I'd be more inclined to treat it as a design object than to drink out of it--I  might put it to use as a small planter

10" tall x 6" wide (across the arms) x 1 3/4" deep

Antique Framed Charcoal Folk Art Drawing of Loyal Companion leather or grassesIt looks to me like a "D" at the center of the collar of this sweet pup, though there are two trails off of it that might make it an "R" whatever the case, he or she sure looks like a very good and kind old friend to me! Not a fussy thing about this drawing, which feels to me like quite a tender and true portrait, and one teeming with love. Fabulous. Charcoal and white chalk on on paper (ground is charcoal as well), sold in the black painted old wood