Robert Ingles's Unexpectedly Excellent Ink / Ink Wash Student Drawing on Board, 1955 1940s pottery a wonderful thing to have

a wonderful  thing to have hanging on the wall

with wonderful strong color

The puppet measures 12" tall by 3" wide and deep

and with the dyed splint inside and on the underside showing the brilliant original bright red color--beautifully softened on the the exterior

I believe this clever hand-shaped bottle opener dates to the 1930s

Robert Ingles's Unexpectedly Excellent Ink / Ink Wash Student Drawing on Board, 1955 1940s pottery a wonderful thing to haveMy camera is picking up some undertones and making this look a bit pink it is not; the first photo comes closest to correct, but in hand the grays and blacks are richer and the board a nice light cream. Anyway I just love these two, eyes closed and completely wrapped up in each other in a way that manages to feel earnest in the best of ways young love! With especially nice attention to their hairlines, and to her fingernails too. And the shape of