Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving studied and started making pottery

studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee

and would guess it is likely Danish

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

I immediately thought they'd be right hung in the dining room

which included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics

Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving studied and started making potteryI splurged on this bathing beauty as I just could not resist her, and won't mind a bit to hold on to her for a while, or forever! There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body, as if she's coated with sun tan oil and deeply bronzed, but not on her fabulously carved face, framed with this amazing sculptural mane that appears covered in gold leaf. The bottom of her golden bikini is carved, but the bandeau just painted on, as if she was conceived