Curious Old Tweeting Bird Mold handmade cottage and all the more enjoyable

and all the more enjoyable when played with beautiful antique bone and ebony dominoes

this gold painted cast iron bank would have been quite the current thing

and this crazy cat with open arms at the front of the piece

and of a very useful size for holding all manner of things

during which she enjoyed exotic desserts like charlotte a la russe and ventured off the beaten path confident in her knowledge of how to steer clear of poisonous hemlock and how to bandage a head wound should things come to that

Curious Old Tweeting Bird Mold handmade cottage and all the more enjoyableI've had one other old toy mold in this shop similar in construction to this birdy which I just found along with a pig, listed separately and find them so evocative looking, I'm quite fascinated by them. This one is made all the more surreal by the screws and bolts all over, I believe allowing for tightening once filled, then loosing to release. There is still some stuff inside the mold, which I think one could pry it out if desired, though personally