Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB carrying basket There is a bit of

There is a bit of pitting and greening to the brass

There appears to be a tiny chip on one side of the foot of the boot near to the toe

I found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation

One tiny split in the wood on one side at the tip of the handle

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Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB carrying basket There is a bit ofThis really lovely seated terra cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me, but I don't know for sure, and have not been able to trace what appears to be LB signed on the back of her base. I love her poised, almost stoically serene posture and expression, imparting her with a sense of quiet, gentle strength, but also how this is contrasted by the manner in which her hands grip the sides of pedestal upon which she sits, to my eye at