Hands at Rest, Vintage Clay Sculpture water trees animals and if one looks closely

and if one looks closely one can make out the "Pat'd" on one side

These dogs are from a larger group of 19th c

Plus just the word "hinge" and all it connotes

and for the flat

Beautifully made

Hands at Rest, Vintage Clay Sculpture water trees animals and if one looks closelyFun, and pretty excellent as a tabletop sculpture, which can be flipped to show either way, giving one or the other the upper hand! And I do like to think of these as the hands of two different people, engaged in an an ongoing negotiation which makes me wish there were a whole series of these with the hands arranged in different gestures and postures with this pair (one connected piece) seeming to signify 'calm down' to me! Made of clay by molding