German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

made of walnut I believe

I believe) wool weft on cotton warp in a great

but this is the first one I've found with a painted wood handle

but I think it would make a great little planter or paperclip holder

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua coloredI must say I find this unusual old pair of German cutout wooden figures quite compelling, and also problematic, which is I think in large part what makes them compelling. His very particular posture seems a pure embodiment of lustfulness, amplified (and made rather ridiculous to a modern eye) by his traditional lederhosen, while her serious expression complicates the gesture of her raising the skirt corner of her dirndl (in the other direction) making