Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner hand thrown pottery vase with sgraffito design Approx 9" diameter

Approx 9" diameter

The wood is in excellent condition

There are a handful of pages where a bottom quarter has been cut out (perhaps to pass a note to another student

though it would be pretty great for a small mirror too

making this bear look as if it's on a long

Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner hand thrown pottery vase with sgraffito design Approx 9" diameterThis I do believe is the most striking and graphically satisfying calf weaner I've ever seen and there are some pretty excellent looking examples out there. Rather like bee boxes, calf weaners reflect a wide variety of solutions to a common problem: preventing calves from nursing while allowing them to graze, drink, and interact with their mothers. This one seems to me an especially elegant example, bearing a kinship with everything from medieval