Five Sweet Little Carved, Painted Erzgebirge Animals earthy planter Great warm dry patina

Great warm dry patina

Burned into the center of its belly on the underside are the initials JRH

9 1/8" x 7 1/2" x 1/4"

this handsome guy

with some burnishing/surface loss along top edge and some surface cracking around the bunny (shot with several times magnification

Five Sweet Little Carved, Painted Erzgebirge Animals earthy planter Great warm dry patinaJust as I believe one can never have too many color cubes, so do I believe one can never have too many little carved German Erzgebirge animals (or houses for that matter!) And the paint on these, especially on the creamy white and orange little piggies, is excellent. There were a few others in this batch with lost limbs, so they don't stand (I didn't photograph them) i'll happily send them along, too. (I've seen toothpicks work pretty well as peg