Curious Old Pig Mold domestic interior 1920s-40s or so I would

1920s-40s or so I would guess

Here's the poem

from a lot that had been purchased from the home and studio of Jeff Lalish

whatever was around to stuff inside—to my eye

Curious Old Pig Mold domestic interior 1920s-40s or so I wouldI've had one other old toy mold in this shop similar in construction to this pig which I just found along with what looks to be a tweety bird, listed separately and find them so evocative and surreal looking, I'm quite fascinated by them. From the front, the body of the pig in profile is divided into three parts, outlined in steel and plugged with wood. It looks from the back like the mold is still filled with black stuff that hardened long ago;