Could it be lead?
Maybe it's just taking a long time to load. Youtube link. Mother's Lament by Cream.
At 3" tall it seems very small. If you can control water flow with the hole in the lid, maybe it's a water dropper?
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If it were a facsimile, that would be acknowledged and the recent printer would be named. Abebooks has a bound collection of Washington eulogies...
It has the old-style "s"s. Would they have been included in an 1888 reprint?
I imagine the majority of little bakers would have wanted something more up to date. Just looked up "Easy Bake Oven" and apparently they weren't...
I think that paper material is called millboard.
I do like that one. If I collected spoons I think I'd want it.
Could have been decorated outside the factory.
I don't think you lost any money on it. You could probably make a profit. Still can't help with the where, but those may be birch trees off to...
The figurine looks like it was inspired by Cordey, but not.
Can't help with the where, but that's an interesting back. Too bad the label isn't complete. These boards with black painted backs have been...
I would guess bronze. Sitting atop a book, so a symbol of learning and wisdom. Here's a bit on why:...
It doesn't look like a factory painting to me, but it does look amateur... a bit clumsy in the color application.
Might be something called a "hu vase".
Are you sure it's a print? Looks to me like it could be a pastel.
I think German or Austrian as well, and probably c1900. Very similar stuff came out of Japan post war, but the pieces I've seen (had) were slip...
I wouldn't clean it. It looks to me like it was originally stained, possibly hand painted, intentionally.
The harp motif looks Irish to me.
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