Sculpted Stoneware Pottery Bust of Literary Looking Gentleman leaded glass My guess is that this

My guess is that this piece dates to the second half of the 19th century--based both upon looking at a lot of other wooden pull toys

who wears the same silver jewelry all of the time

and it can probably be further removed

I feel like I should recognize this face

Perhaps he was a sailing instructor

Sculpted Stoneware Pottery Bust of Literary Looking Gentleman leaded glass My guess is that thisI feel like I should recognize this face. Walt Whitman, perhaps? Certainly he looks like a literary sort of fellow; if he had a body, surely he would be holding a book, and maybe a pen, too! As such, a pretty perfect piece for the bookshelf, and plenty heavy to serve as a bookend at the same time. He's quite nicely sculpted of a warm, deep brown coarse stoneware, and hollow on the interior, with felt pads added at some point around the edge. I can't