It would have been helpful to us if you had told us it has been handed down for several generations. I think an expert is a good idea.
Think if something is glazed it has to have been fired.
I can't help with the map, but this is a good forum for it.
Think some terms that would apply to it are earthenware, redware, & terracotta. I'm not one of the ceramics people. They'll have more accurate...
I knew I'd be corrected but didn't know what to correct to. I get an Italian vibe. Looks like there are some chips where the clay can be seen,...
"t-shaped handle, which seems to imply needing to turn it." Think it equally implies lifting. Whatever it went into, it didn't have to be...
Forgot about that. Holding it in your hand is one thing, putting it your mouth...
Unless Grandmom was very very very old, why do you think it's probable when there are surely more 19th century ones in circulation? The crack...
Have you tooth tested the pearl?
And he has an inny bellybutton.
It has flowers & butterflies. It is not Islamic. It is forbidden to represent living things in their beliefs.
OP's has conspicuously more white space than the 17th century examples.
If the VA couldn't crack it, not sure what hope there is for us. Almost everything I find that is similar is French or French school.
Favorite listing title of the day: Panas / Pan Sitting on The Rock Playing a Syringe Cold Cast Bronze Statue 12' Playing a syrinx. Guess they...
I think the face is genuinely that of a very young child. Clodion did this sort of thing, but fussier....
And those little pointed ears.
Why not? Maybe they're roaring.
Very sweet. I know nothing but wouldn't rule out England.
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