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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Naked Women And Liquor
Naked women and liquor sounds like the prime ingredients for an exciting bachelor party, right? But, for us, naked women and liquor were the only things waiting for us when we recently moved into our 1898 Victorian farmhouse. When I unlocked the front door to allow the movers to begin unloading, I found two handcrafted terra-cotta statues of naked women sitting in the right front parlor floor. Then, in the kitchen were seven small bottles of alcohol -- three Di Saronno Amaretto, one Triple Orange Grand Marnier, two Baileys Irish Cream, and one Kahlua. The statues are quite unusual, very interesting, and most intriguing. Neither our Realtor, nor the Seller's Realtor, knows anything about the statues or the liquor. The Seller hasn't been in the house since well before it went on the market in October of last year. The only persons who have been in the house since our final walk-through with the contractor three weeks prior to closing was the contractor, who was doing work to ready the house for closing (he knows nothing about the items), and a maid that I hired to clean the house the day before we moved in (she knows nothing about the items, either). The only person who had a key to the house was the Seller's Realtor, who would arrive, when needed, to open the house. Strange, huh?  Here is the first woman ... She is approximately 10" tall, sitting on a bench, on a base that is 8" x 10" in a shape roughly resembling a mis-shapen figure eight, and the piece is unsigned.  Here is the second woman ... She is approximately 7.5" tall, sitting on a base that is 8" x 13" in the shape of a leaf, and this piece is also unsigned. The detail in both is amazing. You can see the finger marks where the terra-cotta clay has been worked by hand, forming each detail, down to the nipples and pubic hair, yet the faces are almost devoid of expression. The one sitting on the leaf appears bald (in the photo), but actually has her hair pulled into a bun on the back of her head. Her face is left almost “unfinished.” The other has a little more “character” to her face but, still, she lacks any real “emotion.” Both have that “Earth-Mother” look, with the heavy, pear-shaped, paunch to the stomach. Many have already speculated on their meaning – we've heard everything from good luck charms, symbols of health, wealth, prosperity, and fertility, as well as others who have speculated that they have more sinister roots, with one person even suggesting that they were left by a passing coven of witches. Regardless of what others may think, both occupy a prominent place on the mantle in our right front parlor. I would love to know where they came from, who made them, who left them, and what (if anything) that they mean. Does anyone recognize these women? Any ideas? Any suggestions? I would love to hear your thoughts. Originally published Tuesday June 03, 2003 (bw) 2003 © Copyrighted Materials - All Rights Reserved. Susan Reno-Gilliland A Southern Belle's Life # posted by Kitty : 6:32 PM
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