PACYKÓW - FABRYKA FAJANSU I TERAKOTY ALEKSANDRA LEWICKI, Man breaking stone (stonemason)

terracotta clay modeled sculpturally - from hand, semi-matte ceramic paints (color decoration - cold, metal (brass?) - rod in hand;
height approx. 51 cm, oblong base approx. 33 x 19 cm; signed on back on base, under glaze: in triangle P, below imprints: 973/4 and engraved in frame: 594.
Pacyków, Alexander Lewicki's Faience and Terracotta Factory, interwar period.
On an elongated irregular rocky base, a young man standing in a strong stride, with his left leg supported by a rocky protrusion; with a metal rod held in his hands, he intends to hit a boulder lying in front of him. He is dressed in pants rolled up to his knees, slippers on his bare feet, a shirt with rolled-up sleeves unbuttoned at the chest.