Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll hand thrown pottery bowls A little damage to the

A little damage to the surface at lower left

And then also a terrific tension between the intense smoke and the two bushes or trees on the horizon to its left

maybe originally a spice tin but which has definitely served its announced purpose--I found it full of buttons and will include them if you'd like 'em

This one I am pretty sure is meant to be a penguin

there is just an atmospheric-ness and luminosity about them that is its own very special thing

Amazingly Constructed Small First Communion Doll hand thrown pottery bowls A little damage to theI'm not in the least religious, but I find myself attracted to all sorts of religious objects, and this little doll feels pretty miraculous to me. The paper tag pinned to her dress is partially torn, but certainly read First Communion, and perhaps _ in Venezia (Venice) after that? So perhaps she was made as a souvenir doll, and an incredibly constructed one in any case, with carefully cut paper for her hands, one of which wraps around a fabric candle,