Unusual Antique Pocket Watch Mold Marked T Mills & Bros Philadelphia victorian wire basket stamped on one of the

stamped on one of the early pages

Encased forever in the domed glass on top is a garland of flowers and leaves

a smear to the paint on the stool at right (I'd guess original to it)

in combination with the yellow painted sides of the wooden boat make it quite a cheerful thing

exquisitely executed ink and watercolor drawing—one of several I purchased from a seller in Germany

Unusual Antique Pocket Watch Mold Marked T Mills & Bros Philadelphia victorian wire basket stamped on one of theIt wasn't until I was photographing this that I noticed a maker's mark on one short end (the end with the pour hole), for T Mills & Bros, Phila. Founded in thee 1850s 60s, Thos. Mills & Brother was a leading manufacturer of candy molds and other confectioners, bakers' and ice cream machinery and equipment. I believe this is a candy mold (maybe for a sucker, which could be hung from a string around one's neck!) and a fairly early and scarce one (I can