Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century circus lion I love her poised

I love her poised

I'll be happy just to keep it for myself

3 x 3 3/8” and in very good condition

And when turned over on his back

a sweet gray

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century circus lion I love her poisedWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a