Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture antique carved wood doll certainly it is antique English

certainly it is antique English

with an unused printed back

and a nice piece of history

and signed on the bottom "Dybdahl Denmark

Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture antique carved wood doll certainly it is antique EnglishI think this bear is a charmer, with a great, bold presence and also, with these elegantly pointing legs, ears and nose, a lot of grace. He's solid clay, with a warm, shiny brown glaze on his belly and great reactive black glaze on his back, which gives him a sort of Brutalist feel, too. Signed (incised) on the bottom of his feet John M. Turner. I might guess 1970s or so but am really not certain. Standing dimensions: 7 3 4" tall x 4 1 2" w x 4 5 8"