Wonderful Old Painted Tin Boat shell casing knife but very soft and still

but very soft and still holding together everywhere else

though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there-- Japanese and Chinese

and has a bit of a sheen to it

I might guess 1980s or so on this great looking hand-built ceramic lamp

one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd

Wonderful Old Painted Tin Boat shell casing knife but very soft and stillLove love love this thing, with terrific painted color and profile, and satisfying simple symmetry. It's an old thing for sure, scratch made I believe, with two small holes on each side, which make me think perhaps it once had a bottom? No matter to me at least, and I like the happy surprise of finding gold inside when one flips it over. 7 3 8 x 1 3 8 x 2 7 16 t, with surface wear all over and a bit of separation between the edges of the tin at one