Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture Ford and Ford on a mantle

on a mantle

it will be your responsibility if purchasing this to make sure it lives well into the future

It feels pretty iconic to me

especially on the top

Charming (and Heavy!) Handmade Clay Bear Sculpture Ford and Ford on a mantleI 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"