Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau This hip flask is very

This hip flask is very old

with nicely detailed face and all over spots

But also for this marvelously drawn fellow with giant feet (

the legs will alternately swing forward causing the toy to walk

These hand-carved wooden ducks

Fabulous Brazilian Folk Art Dentist at Work Ceramic Sculpture art nouveau This hip flask is veryI 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