Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau with rubber plugs on the

with rubber plugs on the undersides that fit tightly and show no wear that I can see

giving it the ability to serve as a platform for the display of some other tiny thing--and

But also for this marvelously drawn fellow with giant feet (

and I'm not entirely sure what all

Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau with rubber plugs on theI know this piece is that it came from the estate of a dentist, who commissioned it specifically, and I am certain that it is by a Brazilian folk artist, possibly Manoel Eudocio. The maker definitely captured the drama of a dentist at work, including the stuff of a patient's nightmares, as red paint spills through her two big front teeth, and dots her nose as well! All of the details on this are great, with nothing forgotten, from sink to spitting