An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles With the age of steam

With the age of steam driven ships

Soft to the touch

the handle with some evocative wear where it has been picked up and held countless times

and was also a craft expertly employed by Native Americans centuries before

Green Hair Streak

An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles With the age of steamOrigin: 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