HERTWIG & CO.- Porzellan - und Steingutfabrik, Nude of a kneeling woman

Terracotta, cast (multi-piece?) with traces of stitching;
H 36 cm, base 20 x 12 cm; signed in black (stamped?): stylized house with letter H under canopy and silhouette of cat below, paper rectangular label with beveled corners with inscriptions: Kunstgewerbehaus/ GG. LEYKAUF/ Nürnberg.
Germany, Katzhütte (Thuringia), Porzellan- und Steingutfabrik Hertwig & Co. (founded 1864), 1914-1945.
On a flat oval base, a nude of a young kneeling woman with her head turned to the side, supporting her half-length wavy hair flipped over her right shoulder with her hands. The sculpture bears the label of a well-recognized arts and crafts trade store in affluent clientele, founded in Nuremberg in the late 19th century by Georg Leykauf.