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BITTERSWEET HOUSEFolk Art Chalkware Rabbit Family in a Florentine Egg click image for enlarged view
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Bring a piece of New England folk art into your home for the holidays with this hand crafted chalkware Rabbit. This wonderful piece was hand crafted using an antique chocolate mold.

The art of molding plaster of paris, referred to as chalkware, into holiday treasures is a centuries old German tradition.

Bittersweet House Folk Art brings together the German tradition of folk art chalkware with the colors of Tuscany and offers a unique, hand crafted treasure that will last a lifetime.
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The Chalkware Rabbit Family in a Tuscan Egg is cast using a wonderful highly detailed rare antique German chocolate mold. The family of rabbits are nestled in a large Egg handpainted in the deep coral tones of Italian villas. A beautiful Tuscan scene adds to the charm.
The figure, measuring 5 and 1/2 inches, is signed "Bittersweet House Folk Art, K. Campbell, 2006, Sherborn, MA".