Tiny Antique Painted Papier Mache Woman with Wonderful Face, Presumed German folk art carvings very beautifully executed exercise in

very beautifully executed exercise in using a compass

3 5/8" tall x 2 7/8" across at opening

) The legs of the table were hand-carved

and lots of rusting to the nails

did a series of drawings very late in life of floating forms composed double-profiles

Tiny Antique Painted Papier Mache Woman with Wonderful Face, Presumed German folk art carvings very beautifully executed exercise inJust a little thing, but I love her so much, with this orange and yellow striped hat, and wide sloped shoulders, and a face that appears as honest and earnest as they come. I believe likely late 19th c. German, papier mache I believe (hard), all hand painted. 2 7 8" t x 1" w and d. Some paint surface wear loss as evident and I believe some loss to the end of the wood staff (?) she holds.