Trying to ID porcelain pig/bottle from Mexico. Mark is hard to make out (pics)

This looks like an old piece, but I can't figure out the first line of the mark. It is a porcelain pig figurine that appears to have served as a bottle - the snout has a lip on it. The piece is 4-1/2 inches high, 6-1/2 inches long, and 3-1/2 inches wide. It weighs 12.8 ounces. The 2nd line of the mark looks like Mexico D.F. The first line looks like GYASA, but could be GRASA (neither has turned up any results). Does anyone recognize the work or have any other ideas on the mark? Thanks as always! ... Dave

 

Here's the close up of the mark ...

 

S A may well be the Mexican equivalent of Ltd - as in company.

 

Any idea of the function? It seems odd to have an opening on the front, if for a liquid. I didn't include a picture of the back, but it is not flattened such that it could sit with the opening at the top.

 

Perhaps it's for something to be "shaken" out -- small nuts, small dried fruit, herbs/seeds/beans of some sort??????

Then again, you don't know what (if anything) originally went into its snout to plug it up -- could have been a "plug" with fine holes in it.

 

Hi,
No matter what it is still a fine pig. My Gram would have used him to sprinkle water while ironing. I really like the pig and would be glad to give him house room.
greg

 

Gregsglass, that is so funny about "Gram would have used him to sprinkle water while ironing." My mother was still ironing all of our cotton clothes (100% cotton clothes were all we wore spring, summer, and fall) and she always had the large water bottle with its sprinkler cap at the ready when she ironed. There is no cleaner smell than freshly laundered clothes and bed sheets and pillowcases which had been hung out on the line to dry and then brought in and ironed.

 

Hi yourturntoloveit,
I miss the smell of clothes dried outside. Even when I lived in Brooklyn I hung my clothes outside. When I moved down here HOA says no clothes lines, you can not even "air" your bedding where it can be seen.
greg

 

Ciasa pottery, probably had a cork and tequila in it.

 

Thank you!

 

Too many of those closed communities have draconian rules about what you can and cannot do. No flags, Christmas decorations, plants, etc. etc. Sad. I would not want to live in one.

 

Hi Bev,
They have their advantages. First they cut the grass and shovel snow. I do not have to look at horrible sites across the street. The only bad thing is the clothes line but it is worth giving up not to see overflowing trash cans outside. Plus the fact that certain communities have kept their house values higher than others. Bev you are a dyed in the wool Yankee and freedom is the key. No one tells you what to do. The other rule is no veggie garden in the front yard. You can have them on the side or the back. My veggies include 12 tomato plants, basil, rosemary, mint, peppers. They fit nicely in big pots in the back, most of the other stuff is spread through out the flower beds. Other places around here have no rules and who wants to sit outside and look at chain link fences mostly old and rusted others with all kinds of vinyl slats wove in them. I looked down here for two years until I settled in my community. I read all the rules and restrictions before moving in. most of the communities around here have thousands of houses all alike and horrible laws. Mine is 350 houses there are seven different models with four different styles to each model. So it is blended nicely and people do care what the places look like. It is easier to work with fewer people our board has 5 members and they rotate every 3 years. One down here has 56 on the board and they never agree on anything. Those are the ones with horrible laws and conditions. My worst fears were moving into an old folks community and living in a plastic house. My plan was living in Bucks County Pa in a 200 yr old stone house on 7 acres. Instead I live in a vinyl house 25 years old at the Jersey Shore. My fears were unfounded and I am happy except that my friends and neighbors are dropping like flies.
greg

 

Being by the shore would be a big plus for me. Plus not having to deal with snow and lawnmowing. I'd love to sell our house and move back to Northern DE, where my husband grew up and I lived for a few years. House prices are much lower than here, the winters are milder and shorter, and we'd have family nearby.

We just have to get rid of a lot of stuff to make the move feasible and to make it easier to sell our house. I think that's gonna take a few years.