Sculpture of a lioness
 

I wish you the time of day.

Help attribute and evaluate sculpture.

Work is made of a single piece of marble.

16h28h24

weight 6.5 kg.

gran, you realize, of course, that this ashtray?

And it seems to me, handicraft souvenirs ...

Sincerely, Alexander.

The first impression that the ashtray may ......
But 28 cm is not that currently , most Ashcan .
Yes and characteristic notches for cigarettes ( cigarettes ) no .
Despite all the platitudes , not so much information on these subjects on the internet .......
Here's another similar technology found date back to the 19th century .
With the SW ...

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Artisans - small-scale production of products using manual labor

Do you mean???

Da.Mne think so.

Sincerely, Alexander

No, this is an ashtray. 28 cm is not the limit , previously smoked in a big way ) )

A huge table on some academic naturalist she could even get lost .

I've seen similar things (though lioness took place polar bears ) , dated 1930 - 40 years.

Your , I think, made ​​a little later , not before 1950

Perhaps it is this capacity for business cards, business card holder ( not to be confused with cardholders ) reading : When a visitor came to the house , and the owner was not home , the visitor left his card and thus knew the owner who was visiting his absence .
Receptions in houses put the tray down on the entrance to included could leave my card , sometimes this tray set on a stuffed bear.

Dish for trifles (ashtray)

Called " view nous ".