Late 18th C. Exquisitely Hand-painted Chinese Export Cider Jug with Painted Tin Spout Repair toy skittles What I like about this

What I like about this old toy mold is how

teaching pottery techniques and highly influential in both studio and commercial pottery

geared toward showing off those arms to maximum effect

with these yellow construction paper forms cut and pasted against blue then detailed in red and/or black ink

which I am quite confident is Inuit

Late 18th C. Exquisitely Hand-painted Chinese Export Cider Jug with Painted Tin Spout Repair toy skittles What I like about thisA most unusual pitcher! This would have been a (hard) cider jug, c. late 18th century, Chinese export made for the American market, I believe. The vessel was hand thrown, and the hand painting on it just exquisite (as well as beautifully preserved) particularly the lapis blue O with tiny gold stairs on front (and a fainter cursive "M" inside it) stunning against the white body. (If your initials at MO, this pitcher literally has your name on it!) Then