Man Giveth Up the Ghost, Mid 19th Century Sunderland Lustreware Wall Plaque carved spinner a pineaapple

a pineaapple

Useful for holding down large piles of papers or drawings or whatever and just quite a good object I think

He's lost the toes on one foot which seems somehow apt but is still standing firm

I also like its simplicity

surface wise and sculpturally

Man Giveth Up the Ghost, Mid 19th Century Sunderland Lustreware Wall Plaque carved spinner a pineaappleI found another of these 19th c Sunderland lustreware transferware plaques not long ago (that one reading Thou God Seest Me) and went back to my source this week to scoop up one more. I'd never before seen one bearing this phrase, and the combination of its content with the somewhat ghostly feeling appearance (as if in the process of deteriorating to ultimately disappear forever) of the transfer lettering seemed just right. The phrase comes from the