Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture unusual photograph ) believe this dates to

)  believe this dates to the late 19th century or so

especially at lower right

is my favorite glaze ever

then from the beginning one by one

and front latch closing perfectly so a lock could easily be used on it

Seated Woman with Scarf, Vintage Amateur Clay Sculpture unusual photograph ) believe this dates toI have a dealer collector friend who refers to amateur ceramic sculpture as "lumpy clay" and collects figures of that ilk. This unglazed clay woman has some of that aspect to her for sure, and was definitely made by an amateur, maybe a young student. But I also find her rather elegant, and wonderfully posed poised with those slab like legs feet revealed at the end of her skirt making it feel as though she's very firmly grounded and forever planted,