Evocative Antique Ironstone "Over-Lip Water-Well" (for Stamp Wetting, etc.) tabletop bowling pins but also for their gorgeous

but also for their gorgeous old painted surfaces

8 3/8" in diameter

brown with white painted spots and black snout

and a click to the locking mechanism at the base satisfying locks the blade in place once extended

as if it could function as a weapon of some sort

Evocative Antique Ironstone "Over-Lip Water-Well" (for Stamp Wetting, etc.) tabletop bowling pins but also for their gorgeousThe text excellent font, evocative phrases on this are what really do it for me, but I think the form is pretty compelling, too. Made of ironstone, with bright white glaze akin to antique British apothecary jars for toothpaste and cold cream, with great graphics, though this one was made in Vienna by L&C Hardtmuth. It was made as a water well indeed, to be used for moistening stamps or wetting fingertips while counting bills I believe or could be