Devil Dog! 19th C. Hand-painted Delft Tile antique kindergartenfroebel kindergarten blocks with a separate mold to

with a separate mold to cut his head

held in place by tacks (one tack remains

13 pp printed with drawings) plus wrap

This one is completely that

Devil Dog! 19th C. Hand-painted Delft Tile antique kindergartenfroebel kindergarten blocks with a separate mold toI purchased this one from a Dutch dealer who maintains an outpost at a New Hampshire antiques store that I frequent, and so, not surprisingly, knows his Delft pottery. (One finds older tiles, as well as newer ones, in this manner, but this one I have on good authority is 19th c). For me of course it's all about this creature, looking very much like a dog with devil horns! One often sees bounding rabbits on these Delft tiles, which perhaps this was