An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios Although not important

Although not important

energy and charm in capturing the body

suggesting exoticism

infinitely more so than at the time of its conception

each piercing through a truffle ground

An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios Although not importantOrigin: German Austrian Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 32. 5 inches Width: 10 inches (at base) Depth: 10 inches (at base) The hand painted continental stoneware advertising figure of generous proportions designed to be displayed in a shop window, possibly in a German Apothecary, modelled as a boyish female with bun hair dressed in an apron standing proud with one arm on her waist, the other held upward