Hands on Nude, 1988 Folk Art Puzzle from Iowa Farmer to His Second Cousin Lillian! European ceramic signed on the the bottom

signed on the the bottom "Lutrell Studio

Though I didn't know it when I found him

playing at marbles

where it appears to have lived for quite a long time

weighs just over 8 pounds

Hands on Nude, 1988 Folk Art Puzzle from Iowa Farmer to His Second Cousin Lillian! European ceramic signed on the the bottomThis one amuses me and makes me happy to no end. I am pretty certain it was meant to represent a nativity scene seems there were plans out there somewhere for making these, with the arching piece meant to be a manger, and figures praying over baby Jesus in his crib below it but the design got a bit abstracted along the way, and all I can see is a nude woman with side boobs, and hands coming up from below to grab them! Which makes it all to funnier (to