SOLD Early 20th C. Miniature Tin Ice Water Dispenser, Presumed Salesman Sample thick patina I just love the paint

I just love the paint job on this old wooden cutout ship

The sign was executed on masonite

with the name of their original owner written in pencil on the underside of the lid and more faintly on the top as well

with a sort of cloudy area of white at upper left that seems perhaps product of an old water stain

SOLD Early 20th C. Miniature Tin Ice Water Dispenser, Presumed Salesman Sample thick patina I just love the paintA curious little thing, which, based on some research (though not turning up its exact likeness), I do believe was made as a salesman sample for a full scale water dispenser. Made of tin, with a grain painted sort of surface, lettering that appears to have been stencil painted, and this wonderful, well crafted, sturdy little spout; surely there was once a lid, but it is long gone making this perhaps the perfect little vessel for holding an ice pick or