SOLD Early 20th C. Miniature Tin Ice Water Dispenser, Presumed Salesman Sample hand-painted cups sound and stable

sound and stable

Too pretty to resist

with an old newspaper (Ben-Day dotted) face on the bottom--perhaps a photo of their maker

really evocative objects I think

I don't know the age or much about the origins of this charming lion

SOLD Early 20th C. Miniature Tin Ice Water Dispenser, Presumed Salesman Sample hand-painted cups sound and stableA curious little thing, which, based on some research (though not turning up its exact likeness), I do believe was made as a salesman sample for a full scale water dispenser. Made of tin, with a grain painted sort of surface, lettering that appears to have been stencil painted, and this wonderful, well crafted, sturdy little spout; surely there was once a lid, but it is long gone making this perhaps the perfect little vessel for holding an ice pick or