E.M Goad's Wood, Signed June 5, 1886 ( and May 16, 1884 on Reverse) metal teapot but I love the almost

but I love the almost surreal aspect of this one

I'd think done by a girl fairly early on in developing her embroidery skills

I imagined a cricket or a butterfly or a lightening bug as the "May Friend" this object might welcome and house

Super folky and cozines-inducing

looks like the head of a seal

E.M Goad's Wood, Signed June 5, 1886 ( and May 16, 1884 on Reverse) metal teapot but I love the almostJust an old chunk of wood (i'm terrible identifying woods or I would identify it!) but surely it had some special significance to E. M Goad, and I sure love the way he proudly lettered his name in graphite, which makes it feel significant to me, too. Significant too for having endured just shy of 140 years (or 142 if one goes by the May 16, 1884 written on the reverse) to be found now. And then there is "Goad" itself, a great word, the original