Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture unusual photograph especially at lower right

especially at lower right

holding them together tightly

and front latch closing perfectly so a lock could easily be used on it

and on the back are printed lots of details bout the Ferris Wheel’s construction--diameter of 45 feet

with light wear and a bit of rusting to the brass

Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture unusual photograph especially at lower rightI have a dealer collector friend who refers to amateur ceramic sculpture as "lumpy clay" and collects figures of that ilk. This unglazed clay woman has some of that aspect to her for sure, and was definitely made by an amateur, maybe a young student. But I also find her rather elegant, and wonderfully posed poised with those slab like legs feet revealed at the end of her skirt making it feel as though she's very firmly grounded and forever planted,