Curious Old Pig Mold domestic interior 4 1/2" long x 3

4 1/2" long x 3 3/8" tall x 3 1/4" wide

1920s-40s or so I would guess

which this appears to be

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then a series of embossed and lightly inked vertically running lines

Curious Old Pig Mold domestic interior 4 1/2" long x 3I've had one other old toy mold in this shop similar in construction to this pig which I just found along with what looks to be a tweety bird, listed separately and find them so evocative and surreal looking, I'm quite fascinated by them. From the front, the body of the pig in profile is divided into three parts, outlined in steel and plugged with wood. It looks from the back like the mold is still filled with black stuff that hardened long ago;