Old, Much Patinated Plaster Hand Mold antique card game fitting into bases customized for

fitting into bases customized for various companies

This just struck me as rather poetic and wonderfully lyrical--two looping knots of worm at top and bottom

while the Hoovers themselves feel almost like invaders amidst the Victorian interior

dating sometime between 1912 and 1921 (after which pieces were marked “ZCPO” and “Zanes Ware

which look like energetic scribbled line drawings--this doghouse the very best example of that among them

Old, Much Patinated Plaster Hand Mold antique card game fitting into bases customized forI have no idea the maker behind this plaster mold, but it's certainly a handmade one, and appears quite an old one, too, perhaps made for casting hands for dolls or puppets, but maybe the work of a sculptor. Richly patinated and wonderfully crusty whatever the case, and just an excellent object, which stands on its own, hand raised, on a flat surface. 6" x 3 1 8" x 1 1 4". Good much used condition, rich and crusty patina.