Pig at Trough Folk Art Ashtray victorian ivory pendant Stems are 5 3/8" long

Stems are 5 3/8" long when open

including one figure smoking from a pipe

Just pretty

Bernice Arlette Gilman notes that she purchased the box in 1910 or 1915 (noted again as 1915 or so further down) "from a Chinese shop on Sprague

but these were produced as souvenirs from then until at least through the end of the 1930s

Pig at Trough Folk Art Ashtray victorian ivory pendant Stems are 5 3/8" longSuch a fun thing, which if not to be used as an ashtray, might make a memorable business card holder, or could serve sink side for stashing rings. It's heavy, and definitely more or less industructible, with a great patina to the metal (which I believe is brass but I guess could possibly be steel given a brass like finish), and which is screwed to the thick wooden base. Found in Massachusetts but I have no idea of its origins. 7 1 2" long x 5" wide x