Lovely Smallish Arts and Crafts Style Mold teak It shows some age: there

It shows some age: there is a tear near the center of the water

others are more cerebral

and which I purchased together) dating I think to the 19th century

a butterfly

with one small scrape in the edge of the lid at the center on the gold side and a little irregularity to the gold paint overall

Lovely Smallish Arts and Crafts Style Mold teak It shows some age: thereThis old mold looks Arts and Crafts in style to me, and I just think really pretty, including for the way the two shiny silver metal plates frame either side of the recessed tree like form's "trunk". I would think there was once another similar plate that fit on top of this one and locked to it via the metal posts, and might guess it was used for plaster, but I'm really not sure. It seems that the mold itself is made of a heavy, almost slate like