Antique Folk Art Pencil Sketches of Two Women pottery bust the more I've become certain

the more I've become certain that I'm not going to tire of old stone fruit any time soon

and perfectly imperfect

The wood is 7/8" thick and the piece measures 1 7/8" across at the base

I am pretty compelled by this large and heavy studio pottery vessel

with gold also used for the reeds and grasses at her feet

Antique Folk Art Pencil Sketches of Two Women pottery bust the more I've become certainI purchased these and several other pencil drawings by the same unknown artist from a dealer in Maine, who I believe purchased them some years ago from a notable Pennsylvania collection of naive drawings. Their maker certainly had a way with faces, and with conveying character through specific details, and I'm listing these two together as I imagine them as grandmother and granddaughter, with the elder home in her nightgown as the younger heads out to