Wonderful Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure with Raised Arm Romany Spartan Ceramics midway to the edge

midway to the edge

but clearly they knew how to paint

as is the bottom of the interior tray

with an accordian folded

Wonderful Small Stone Carved Kneeling Figure with Raised Arm Romany Spartan Ceramics midway to the edgeAmong my favorite little finds ever, this curious small stone carved figure, I think perhaps meant to represent an athlete of some sort but I'm not entirely sure. He appears to have a carved signature on the underside, which looks to read DWP and perhaps 95, which I have to think, if a year, would be 1895. I think his face is terrific, and for me his posture embodies a sense of readiness and forward looking, with the right had about to push off from