I picked up two items recently, which are outside of my usual pervue. They are both created by artists from very different fields. The first we will look at is a hand carved #decoy of a wood pigeon from the late 19th to early 20th century. It comes with a little damage and signs of woodworm but is still a fine example of this genre.

The #pigeon shows its’ original paint and unlike later decoys it has naile ss eyes and not glass eye beads. There is a pyramid shaped hole in the bottom indicating that in its original form, it might have been a rocking pigeon, but it has lost the mechanism.

The second piece was thrown in 1915 at the #BraunstonPottery in Devon. The pottery opened in 1912 and ran until 1971. I bought this piece because my wife loves blue, and this small vase is cobalt blue.

This piece also has a small amount of damage but is still a lovely example of the work that Braunton was creating even during wartime.

Hope you enjoyed the pair of unordinary pieces, for me, but these works were created by artists for everyday use.