This could be a foremother of Ponytail Girl: [IMG] Findings & construction put it to first half of 20th: [IMG]
The music box alone is readily available for the home craftsperson, so a perfectly reasonable surmise. :)
'Worry stone' & 'pocket token' are other terms being used.
Definitely inspired by sulphides, but probably all plastic. Using INH's lead, a search for 'pocket angel stone' was fruitful:...
Just because I know they have a furniture collection, the Henry Ford Museum (now just The Henry Ford) came to mind. One thing I found:...
Welcome, sounds fascinating. We like our photos full size: [IMG] You can still go back & select 'Edit', then 'Other Choices' & make them all...
Does the music box just play when you wind it up? Or does it also depend on position of lid(s)? We know it's not terribly old because of the...
More mixed in search results for Вадим Спиренков:...
IMTranslator tells me the title of OP, Покровский Собор, is Pokrovsky Cathedral. It does not look like any image of the cathedral I can find.
http://www.artlib.ru/index.php?id=11&fp=2&uid=7386&iid=396759 https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/2010239/post92167205 Спиренков На катке: [IMG]...
Think a letter has been left out & it's Spirenkov. So wish it were this one:...
Yours appears to be the one made by 'Design Toscano':...
The Met's version is 'bonded bronze'. https://store.metmuseum.org/egyptian-cat-sculpture-06008395 And 'Parastone':...
Definitely purpose built for something. How deep is the compartment with the dividers?
No good cameos. :(
If 'du' were Jesus, God, etc., would it have been 'Du' instead of 'du'? Not familiar with German conventions on this matter.
Are you sure it's pewter? Looks like a brass colored metal under the pewter color. Might be silvered.
Think first word of signature is actually the Latin fecit, indicating it was made by C. Waschman, if we're reading it correctly. Of course Google...
Yugo y Estrella, I think.
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Separate names with a comma.
