Wonderful Folk Art Galvanized Tin Hand with Woman Raising Hand West German Keramik It's nice and substantial

It's nice and substantial

and it is unsigned

It's signed on the bottom with a triple "e"

it is possible it is a sea lion

it bears a strong resemblance to Californian Architectural Pottery pieces  from the 1950s and 1960s

Wonderful Folk Art Galvanized Tin Hand with Woman Raising Hand West German Keramik It's nice and substantialI don't buy a lot via instagram as it seems most of you are looking at the same instagram dealers as I am! But sometimes I can't resist, as with this hand, which I think is so good in every way, and happily, even better in person. It is cut of galvanized tin and very sharp around the edges, as if it could function as a weapon of some sort! I don't think it is especially old, but it also feels as if might have existed forever, and also as if it might