Most Charming, Very Scarce Old Chalkware Halloween Mold in Best Soft Orange Paint duck shaped with pressed red wax seals

with pressed red wax seals on either side

and the compact style of the numbers below

executed with wonderful attention to detail-- from those eyes cast off to one side

but perhaps she was just not pleased with her rendering of that horse's face

Most Charming, Very Scarce Old Chalkware Halloween Mold in Best Soft Orange Paint duck shaped with pressed red wax sealsI've seen exactly one other like this, which I bought (found in PA) and sold a few years ago and thought one of the best things ever. I know there are those out there all about Halloween; I am not one of them! But I find this pumpkin, and especially this very excellent face with pointy ears, which I take for a cat, both super classic feeling and also transcendent and I've never seen a better shade of orange. Made of chalkware plaster, I believe this