and the seller I purchased it from bought it in the early 1980s at auction from Eldred's on Cape Cod
One can see tiny hand done stitches on the backside--hemming of the perimeter edge
each with quite a sharp point
with the three boards on top I might guess cut down from something else with the paint already on them
The soft wood is nicely aged
SOLD Antique German Composition Piggy Candy Container 1920s flask and the seller I purchasedI don't usually get too excited about an old candy containers, but I really really love this pig, late 19th early 20th c. I believe, and I think likely German. He reminds me some of old butcher display pieces, in miniature, and what a wonderful piggy face! Made of composition material, painted pink and gray, and with the pretty, original paper litho liner around his neck, visible when one removes his head and can peer into his belly! These appear to