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Thanks Alex and Edward.
It’s very interesting. Too bad the little rascal can’t speak!
It is surely a
bust in crude
style. I have some impression also of letters at the very bottom(?), but can’t make anything out of them if they are.
As Alex has posited – a “.. button was probably just used to make one
side of the mould your item is
cast from,” if the other was done ‘free-style’ by hand – then I guess the discrepancy in artistic styles/skill shouldn’t seem so peculiar.
Have you tried shaking it under a bright light and demanding an answer?
( See how I am? When the scholarly fails, think like a Centurion ).
It is a curious little thing, and I’ll wager you’re dead-right – there is some wonderfully interesting little story behind it…
Best regards,
Tia
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