SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY lawrence ma There's some loss to the

There's some loss to the ring of black paint around this fabulous bather

I really love all manner of old turned wooden cups and goblets

which I grabbed right away in a manner very much like the way this talon grabs its bowl

There appears to be perhaps one tiny hairline crack on the bottom underside at one edge - documented in the last

There is also a small split in the wood of the handle as it crosses the top of the basket--again very minor

SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY lawrence ma There's some loss to theOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart 1913 sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it and stamped it all over this particular page! This is the drawing that completely sold me on the sketchbook I find this pastel crayoned eight point star, drawn over a fainter penciled grid, used to help him get it just right a transcendently lovely thing. And with the star very much making me