Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian with some paint loss along

with some paint loss along the ridges of her carved body and a little cracking to the paint on her udder

A bit of age toning around the edges and an untrimmed right edge

one of two in the shop that came  from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

and charcoal palette is pretty terrific too

Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian with some paint loss alongI've never seen another squeeze squeak toy like this one, which I have to think is German, or at least its components are. I've certainly seen a bunch of little German animals like this dog, and squeaker toys too, but not one with a whole scenario unfolding atop of it. Here the air hole in the squeaker is located just below the windmill, surely with the notion that the air from a squeeze should set it turning. (It really doesn't, at least not now, but