Kingfisher, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing by J.H. Adair, Spring Grove, PA folk art paper weaving a couple dancing

a couple dancing

and one other flaw I only noticed in the process of taking close up photos

that one dated 1919 and this one I presume from around the same time

but I think likely early 1980s

and the green over creamy white glaze is just lovely

Kingfisher, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing by J.H. Adair, Spring Grove, PA folk art paper weaving a couple dancingI purchased this and several more drawings by the same maker from a seller in Pennsylvania, where they originated, the work of a J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, who signed a few of them and dated a couple 1905. These are the sorts of drawings that get me excited; I couldn't snatch them up fast enough pure joy, and you may know by now I've a special fondness for naive bird drawings, all the better identified with a title, and carrying a fish in mouth!