C. 1940s Chalkware Hereford Bull Still Bank with Great Fur and Face silver-plate cup found inside

found inside

I find this about as satisfying as a fragment of an ancient frieze

or just for hanging on the wall

just a split to the wood of the roof on one side

C. 1940s Chalkware Hereford Bull Still Bank with Great Fur and Face silver-plate cup found insideThis came from the Gloucester, MA estate sale of a collector of a great deal of chalkware (and many other things!) a lot of it not so much my cup of tea, but some treasures to be found. My first thought when I spotted this guy was of a butcher shop display piece, and while I don't believe as a coin bank that he was that, he would certainly have been at home on the counter or in the window looking over various cuts of beef. Fabulous texture for his fur