Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina early Scheier pottery marvelous details

marvelous details

that flat appears to cut right through a slit in the vessel/casing

is the inclusion of an Anima Sola

and the flourish on the top of his hat

I think it maybe once was attached to a base

Uncommon Old Sleeve Stretcher with Graceful Lines and Warm Patina early Scheier pottery marvelous detailsThis feels to me akin to Shaker sweater stretchers and the mitten stretchers I listed last week too; this one with a strong tension to the hinged metal strips held between gracefully arching and tapering pieces of pine, which would be inserted inside a sleeve and then released to pull it taut. And it's one that feels like a graceful three dimensional line drawing to me, and with a terrific warm, dry wood patina to the pine, too. 22 1 2" l x 10" w