Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ paintined Rhead Pottery in Santa Barbara

Rhead Pottery in Santa Barbara operated only from 1914-17 so the date on this is certain

There is some dust buried in the crevices

It sits fine upright

tapering snout

This enamel painted

Man in Bowler with Pointer, Moody Antique Cabinet Card, Red Bank, NJ paintined Rhead Pottery in Santa BarbaraI just love these too, who seem very right for each other, both with a quiet intensity look at their eyes. Something too about how this man holds one hand in the other, with the pinky free on the held one, and then a pinky ring on the other as if an offset. Feels like there is a bit of underlying tension here, waiting to be released! An a nice moodiness about the hole photo too. (Andrew R.) Coleman photographer, Red Bank, NJ, last decade 19th century