need help identifying this hula girl figure

normally i would post this in tiki finds, but i have never seen one of these before and was curious if this was some sort of vase or utensil holder. There are 2 cut outs on wither side which could have been for flowers or something else. I recently got this on ebay. any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance.

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2014-02-01 14:58 ]

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2014-02-01 14:59 ]

It is a head vase, when you put flowers in, it looks like the Woman has flowers in her hair
I can't read the name on the bottom of the vase in the picture, can you tell me what it says?

says - poppy trail 1833 made in california u.s.a. C. Romanelli

apparently i discovered that this might have been sculpted by carl romanelli who did work for california potteries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Romanelli

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2014-02-01 15:44 ]

I think he may of done this thru "Metlox Pottery of California"
sometime in the mid 1940s to late 1950s, nice find!

I collect Dorothy Kindell & Sascha Brastoff ceramics, myself.

On 2014-02-01 16:32, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
I think he may of done this

I think he may HAVE done this-----The Spelling Police

On 2014-02-01 22:06, GROG wrote:

On 2014-02-01 16:32, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
I think he may of done this

I think he may HAVE done this-----The Spelling Police

Glad to see you're feeling better! Now, don't rile up the punctuation police. :wink:

Thanks Grog, Noted...