Tiny but Glorious Early 20th C. Quimper Dish little owl having lost the toe of

having lost the toe of one shoe over what I’d think is 125 years at least

carving itself 1 1/16" w

produced by the United States Playing Card Company (est

4 9/16" l x 3" w x 4" t

which features an image by Utagawa Hiroshige of people on a bridge with mountains in the background

Tiny but Glorious Early 20th C. Quimper Dish little owl having lost the toe ofI've never gotten hugely excited about Quimper pottery tin glazed hand painted French faience manufactured in Quimper, a town in Brittany but I've completely fallen in love with the tiny dish. Just a perfect, gloriously colorful, completely joyful thing. The right size for laying one tea bag, or a setting a diamond ring before one goes out to work in the garden. The hand painted mark on the underside dates it 1904 22. 2 7 8 d x 1 2 t and in good