and "leve" translating to live/life--and so I think the gist is "the life of the farmer"--which to me would make this large mug appropriate for filling with milk as well as ale
I come across 19th c Sunderland lustreware/ transferware plaques along the lines of this one occasionally
(Whether or not truly made for such purpose I don't know
held forever in place by a cross bar just below the neck
One might put a few favorite rocks in it
Small, Highly Empathetic Folk Art Devil with Pitchfork, Welded of Iron and Steel Bits world war one folk art and "leve" translating to live/life--andSuch a fun one, which I purchased from a seller in upstate NY, but I don't know anything more specific about its origins that that. That highly empathetic, very folky little face completely sold me, even more so for those soldered on horns but he's really quite wonderfully done, head to tail (to large, faucet like phallus, too!), and with a pitchfork that will rest in either looped hand. A combination of iron and steel parts it looks to me, and with