19th C. British Ironstone Cold Cream Jar with Icicle Font chinoiserie I'm guessing it once held

I'm guessing it once held a barrel

but these would also just be great displayed among other little carvings or curiosities

For me it's the profile that really really makes it

the house will slide a little forward and backward on the base (it sits in grooves made by folded tin on the sides) should one want to slightly adjust the distance between the couple and the front fence-- but be sure to leave them plenty of room to spin

19th C. British Ironstone Cold Cream Jar with Icicle Font chinoiserie I'm guessing it once heldI saw one of these in an instagram post recently and was totally smitten what could be better than this marvelous icicle font and border, and then how perfect to apply to a jar of cold cream? I then happened to find this one in Maine the other day. C. 1880s British, and made of ironstone with transfer graphic. Packaging perfection if I ever saw it! 3" in diameter x 1 11 16" tall. Some staining and crazing on the lid as evident, and to the body of the