Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau with rubber plugs on the

with rubber plugs on the undersides that fit tightly and show no wear that I can see

These hand-carved wooden ducks

and I'm not entirely sure what all

which I believe dates to late 1940s or early 50s

giving it the ability to serve as a platform for the display of some other tiny thing--and

Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau with rubber plugs on theI know this piece is that it came from the estate of a dentist, who commissioned it specifically, and I am certain that it is by a Brazilian folk artist, possibly Manoel Eudocio. The maker definitely captured the drama of a dentist at work, including the stuff of a patient's nightmares, as red paint spills through her two big front teeth, and dots her nose as well! All of the details on this are great, with nothing forgotten, from sink to spitting