Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler mid century There’s a bit of variation

There’s a bit of variation to the glaze

with a finely and wonderfully carved wooden back (oak

The plate measures 11 3/4" across at widest diameter and 1" high

as if from an Xacto knife

His or her parka and boots

Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler mid century There’s a bit of variationA pretty fun and curious dish, and one that would certainly make a great gift for a champion bowler and maybe also for a fan of the Big Lebowski, as I think this cigar smoking character bears a fairly close resemblance to John Goodman! Perhaps it is actually Kegel (German 9 pin bowling) that he is playing, as the dish was made in Germany, but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another, which I assume was the case