Curious Old Pig Mold tabletop houses but it would also be

but it would also be excellent for holding important documents

and is to my eye a pretty perfect vessel--earthy and also really elegant

so can be positioned however one likes it

I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater

from its hand-painted red-cheeked smiling face to its polka dotted outfit

Curious Old Pig Mold tabletop houses but it would also beI've had one other old toy mold in this shop similar in construction to this pig which I just found along with what looks to be a tweety bird, listed separately and find them so evocative and surreal looking, I'm quite fascinated by them. From the front, the body of the pig in profile is divided into three parts, outlined in steel and plugged with wood. It looks from the back like the mold is still filled with black stuff that hardened long ago;