Posted 10 years ago
melaniej
(708 items)
Material - Coal
just over 7" tall (with stand)
Signed-1978 GG on side of statue and George Gosdock 1978 on wood stand.
Found this in a flea market in South Hill, VA today..
Will add to my other small statue's.
I assume he was a coal miner.
Love this piece.
I have several coal statues purchased in WV around the early 80s. Yours look unusual and is probably older - our were mass produced as souvenirs.
Very cool !! I live next to a railroad and find quite a few large pieces of coal. Which I had the artistic talent to carve something recognizable .
CardinalLady
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Hedgewalker
Thank you for looking and the comments : )
I adore this piece.
WesternPA
Had to google anthracite...you taught me something I didn't know.
I want to look George up on ancestry and see what I come up with.