Loving Couple on Bench, Unsigned Vintage Clay Sculpture vintage orange A pretty amazing little thing--one

A pretty amazing little thing--one would think for holding very special pins

as a means for girls to earn "respectable" income--I'd guess this one was made by a girl of the lower classes

was produced by a maker other than Prang

Its scale amplifies its sense of preciousness

Loving Couple on Bench, Unsigned Vintage Clay Sculpture vintage orange A pretty amazing little thing--oneThese two! A perfect valentine of a sculpture if I ever saw one, but really just a great thing. Wonderfully modeled, with faces facing, arms crossing, and legs flirting, and with fabulously painterly glazing from their drippy blue features to their green and brown and blue outfits. With incised detailing for buttons, belts and laces in the shoes, and small sculpted breasts on the figure at left, while I think the one at right rather transcends gender.