An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios The top is ink stamped

The top is ink stamped ‘Pansard B

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An Unusual 19thC Stoneware Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios The top is ink stampedOrigin: German Austrian Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 32. 5 inches Width: 10 inches (at base) Depth: 10 inches (at base) The hand painted continental stoneware advertising figure of generous proportions designed to be displayed in a shop window, possibly in a German Apothecary, modelled as a boyish female with bun hair dressed in an apron standing proud with one arm on her waist, the other held upward