#179

Earthenware Figures of Balloon Peddler and Sailor Signed GMT, From Teenage Study Room
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Description
15" (38 cm.) The heavy plaster figures depict a jauntily posed sailor with wooden shoes, beret, striped shirt under middy shirt, and an old woman peddler, her head and back stooped as she carries her large assortment of colorful balloons and sales box. Each is attached to original base which is marked GMT. Mid-1930s, the figures were prized by Shirley Temple and appear in a place of honor on the top shelf of her teen-age library. The vintage photograph depicting the figures is included with the figures.