German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links 8 1/2" across from handle

8 1/2" across from handle to spout

though on the kitchen bar or breakfast table it would be pretty great too

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

and perhaps simultaneously use the bowl as a holder for a handful of paperclips

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

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links 8 1/2" across from handleI 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