German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

but I think their sense of color was pretty fantastic

8 1/2" across from handle to spout

as pictured) and one hoe with a couple of broken prongs

German Hand-painted Wooden Cutout Couple in Traditional Costumes carved links The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua coloredI must say I find this unusual old pair of German cutout wooden figures quite compelling, and also problematic, which is I think in large part what makes them compelling. His very particular posture seems a pure embodiment of lustfulness, amplified (and made rather ridiculous to a modern eye) by his traditional lederhosen, while her serious expression complicates the gesture of her raising the skirt corner of her dirndl (in the other direction) making