Most Charming, Very Scarce Old Chalkware Halloween Mold in Best Soft Orange Paint duck shaped and a split in the

and a split in the lid of its original wooden box

with a couple of pages of unfettered penmanship (including a lovely full page of "Workmanship") at the end

sort of midway between Wayne Thibaud and Claes Oldenberg

as well as a hairline crack on the interior near one of the hinges and overall wear/aging to the interior bottom half

some sort of pine I believe

Most Charming, Very Scarce Old Chalkware Halloween Mold in Best Soft Orange Paint duck shaped and a split in theI've seen exactly one other like this, which I bought (found in PA) and sold a few years ago and thought one of the best things ever. I know there are those out there all about Halloween; I am not one of them! But I find this pumpkin, and especially this very excellent face with pointy ears, which I take for a cat, both super classic feeling and also transcendent and I've never seen a better shade of orange. Made of chalkware plaster, I believe this