Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century circus lion It appears to me the

It appears to me the surface was given stained (including black drawn laces) and then given a coat or more of some kind of varnish—very hard and smooth now

I'll be happy just to keep it for myself

Alphabet pages in overall good condition with some toning as evident and rough left edges

and also make great pedestals for various smallish things

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century circus lion It appears to me theWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a