Hands at Rest, Vintage Clay Sculpture nesting egg Much of the label on

Much of the label on the top is long gone

Cincinnati in 1923

I'd guess 1930s or 40s

No rising phallus on this little coffin man

I can't pass by a nice old marbles solitaire board--the perfect vehicle for displaying old clay marbles

Hands at Rest, Vintage Clay Sculpture nesting egg Much of the label onFun, 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