Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate ceramic flower frog with four separate setting dials

with four separate setting dials on the back

and made of ironstone with transfer graphic

What I especially love about this partial 19th century penmanship notebook is how modern the hand-drawn block letter alphabets seem

the dog faces abuse from people in town

One wonders the drawing was inspired by a story inside

Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate ceramic flower frog with four separate setting dialsA happy surprise to find this one at a shop in coastal New Hampshire the other day where I don't often find much and it was a bit hidden in a far corner, not identified as Fornasetti by the dealer. But Fornasetti it is, stamped on reverse and signed, too one of a set of "Conchiglie" dinner plates Fornasetti produced in the late 1960s early 1970s (there's a set of six on 1st dibs for $1650.) With sprawling starfish at center, and a mussel (complete