Supremely Empathetic, Much Mended Hand-sewn Velvet Dog antique spongeware Though initialed (incised on the

Though initialed (incised on the bottom) DWP

which at least according to one source were used to carry cooked food to monasteries—an offer to the monks as an act of merit-earning

and there are traces of old glue on the bottom of the feet

was famed for its legendary bartender Constantino Ribalaigua  (who came to be known as “el rey de los coteleros

because I can't resist them

Supremely Empathetic, Much Mended Hand-sewn Velvet Dog antique spongeware Though initialed (incised on theNo possible way I could not rescue this guy from the Maine antiques shop I found him in definitely in need of immediate adoption! Clearly someone once loved him a lot, mending him again and again with several different colored threads, I have to think for a child who dragged him around everywhere and had separation anxiety when not in hand, as clearly he was sewn up with whatever thread was near at hand! The jowls, flopping down at either side of his