AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA AND PAPIER MACHE CRECHE GROUP OF THREE SHOEMAKERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY GAETANO GEMMALO, SICILY
Modelled as a shoemaker stretching a piece of leather, as his companion demonstrates a hole in the sole of the shoe he has removed from his foot., the young apprentice with rope cord, with hand written ink label to the front of the painted cork base inscribed 'Ciambattini di Catalagirona/ Gaetano Gemmalo, 1968'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA AND PAPIER MACHE CRECHE GROUP OF THREE SHOEMAKERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY GAETANO GEMMALO, SICILY
Modelled as a shoemaker stretching a piece of leather, as his companion demonstrates a hole in the sole of the shoe he has removed from his foot., the young apprentice with rope cord, with hand written ink label to the front of the painted cork base inscribed 'Ciambattini di Catalagirona/ Gaetano Gemmalo, 1968'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
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