Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin charts with loss to the end

with loss to the end of one leg as documented

with all of its patina now making it feel a bit like a momento mori

but it's over a foot tall (13 3/8" tall to be exact)

with a little minor staining/browning here and there

I'd guess made using a template

Folk Pottery Girl in Blue With Violin charts with loss to the endMore finds this week from the Rockport, MA estate of an artist, activist, teacher, world traveller, lifelong collector and dear friend to me including this one. Unsigned, she was hand sculpted of clay and hand painted, and I've got to say I think she's really terrific; not a saccharine, cute sort of figurine, but I think rather a nuanced sort of a portrait, which makes me think about performance anxiety, imposter syndrome and all the pressures of