Best Ever Old Chalkware Halloween Pumpkin Mold cardboard canister large enough to be treated

large enough to be treated as a small sculpture but also great on the desk as a paperweight

her body is constructed like a pillow

her pieces are slab-built and sculpted

but they do make one want to handle it with care

with a heavy hand wrought brass wheel

Best Ever Old Chalkware Halloween Pumpkin Mold cardboard canister large enough to be treatedOne of my favorite things found on my trip to PA. I know there are those out there all about Halloween; I am very much not one of them! But I find this pumpkin, and especially this face with pointy ears, just about the best things ever and I've never seen a better shade of orange. Made of chalkware plaster, I believe this was a mold, I would guess for candy or chocolate or similar, though how it wound up orange I'm not sure the color has definitely