Children with Coral Under Glass Dome, Victorian Cabinet Card antique ceramics I've had one other old

I've had one other old toy mold in this shop similar in construction to this birdy--which I just found along with a pig

10” l x 2” w x 2” d and in very good condition

topped with a thick coat of varnish or shellac

9 1/16" l x 1" wide

with super long tongue and wonderful patterning for the scales

Children with Coral Under Glass Dome, Victorian Cabinet Card antique ceramics I've had one other oldIt's the coral under the glass dome that drew me to this late 19th century cabinet card, stamped J. N Wilson, Savannah Georgia, but the more I look at it the more I love It for the body language of the children the way the boy rests his arm on the table and leans in, as if to assert his ownership over the display (and, it looks to me, his grand ambitions in life, too), while his sister, one assumes, seems to sort of shrink away though I like to think