Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining did not realize that Royal

did not realize that Royal Haeger made some pretty great ceramics in the 1960s and 70s with terrific fat lava glazes

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I don't believe it is very old (I found another with the same fox and a pewter lid being sold online by a German importer)

curious round face and these great big hands out front

which though fairly light in weight feels substantial

Handmade Crepe Paper Pilgrim (or Nun?) with Pencil Drawn Wooden Face pink lining did not realize that RoyalNo way could I not bring this little woman home, who I found a few days ago in New Hampshire. At first I took her for a nun, but now I think more likely she was meant to be a pilgrim. Her maker did a pretty brilliant job with her crepe paper dress, especially the almost origami like wrap of her bonnet turning into shawl, knotted in the back. There are pipe cleaners under her sleeves for arms, and a wooden torso, animated with this great pencil drawn