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male and female peasants Chartreuse and black hand painted chalk ware stands just under 5 1/2 inches tall. Our women is holding an umbrella while her companion holds his knees. From the 1940s these are becoming increasingly difficult to find, especially as a pair.

Purchased from an estate sale.

Did you Know?
Chalkware is really plaster of Paris decorated with watercolors. One type was molded from Staffordshire and other porcelain models and painted and sold as inexpensive decorations in the nineteenth century. This type is very valuable today. Figures of plaster, made from about 1910 to 1940 for use as prizes at carnivals, are also known as chalkware. (Kovels.com)

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