SOLD Vintage Yorkshire Pig Butcher Shop Display anatomical or hellebore

or hellebore

Approx 5" diameter and 2" tall

and stuffed full with straw that surely is well over 100 years old

I just love this little purple-glazed face

One could certainly grab dice and any little things to serve as markers and play it now

SOLD Vintage Yorkshire Pig Butcher Shop Display anatomical or helleboreSo fun to find this guy the other day in Maine, just a few minutes after he had been brought into the shop. I believe he dates to the 1930s or so, and would have been used as a display piece in a butcher's window because what could be more enticing than a cute Yorkshire pig?! Most of these sort I've found were French or English; I'd certainly think the latter in this case, but he's got a bit of an American feel to him to me, so who knows? Whatever the