Jesus on Cross Encrusted in Barnacles! Liggett group with wonderful little pointy ears

with wonderful little pointy ears and a really charming face detailed with black paint on the eyes

Mensuration Superficies

I must say I find this unusual old pair of German cutout wooden figures quite compelling

very old carved slide top box

in terrific condition

Jesus on Cross Encrusted in Barnacles! Liggett group with wonderful little pointy earsI have no idea the story behind this one, or how it came to have barnacles all over it, but I'm pretty happy that it exists! Jesus and his cross seem to be made of ceramic material or perhaps some sort of concrete (it's not especially heavy though), which I'd have to think was immersed in the sea for some time such that these barnacles would grow all over it. And at some point in the process it was painted gold, too, which is most pronounced on his