Tiny pewter pitcher.

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Found this little pitcher today. It's heavy for it's size so I'm thinking it's pewter. It is a little flattened. Suspect it's from a doll house dinner set.

 

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[Elvis]

Cool find!!!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[islamoradamark]

Thats nice

 

[pepperj]

That's a great little keeper, a really nice recovery!
I love recoveries like these over a common find as a coin. I just find that it makes more of an impression on the memory.
I recovered a small jug in England many years ago, it was ID as Roman. Seems that they would fill the little jug with some things and put it in the field as an offering for a good crop yield.
Though yours is more than likely from a child's tea set, it was a pretty fancy one.

 

[CRUSADER]

That's a great little keeper, a really nice recovery!
I love recoveries like these over a common find as a coin. I just find that it makes more of an impression on the memory.
I recovered a small jug in England many years ago, it was ID as Roman. Seems that they would fill the little jug with some things and put it in the field as an offering for a good crop yield.
Though yours is more than likely from a child's tea set, it was a pretty fancy one.

Not sure that ID makes sense, don't know of any votive offerings other than in bronze & not a jug.

Anyways cool little play piece for a kid. They do start having kids toys similar from the late Medieval period & lots like this in the 19th C, but continued into the 20th C.

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

I received a PM from Mike B identifying it as a cracker Jack toy. After researching his information I found it to be correct. The little pitcher is missing it's base. Anyone know what material these toys were made of? The depth of knowledge in these forums is tremendous. Thanks Mike.

 

[CRUSADER]

I received a PM from Mike B identifying it as a cracker Jack toy. After researching his information I found it to be correct. The little pitcher is missing it's base. Anyone know what material these toys were made of? The depth of knowledge in these forums is tremendous. Thanks Mike.

OK I thought it was the little pewter types that I find over here. Makes sense.

 

[pepperj]

Not sure that ID makes sense, don't know of any votive offerings other than in bronze & not a jug.

Anyways cool little play piece for a kid. They do start having kids toys similar from the late Medieval period & lots like this in the 19th C, but continued into the 20th C.

It's made in bronze. It is missing the 3 little legs/ft.

 

[CRUSADER]

It's made in bronze. It is missing the 3 little legs/ft.

OK, you mean a mini cauldron. I thought my example was Roman as well, but I've been convinced by experts and a very good book that they are late medieval. 13th-16th C. Found IN CONTEXT during excavations in the Netherlands. Ref:Toys, trifles & trinkets by Hazel Forsyth page 111.

 

[CRUSADER]

This was the late 19th C - early 20th C pewter type jug I was thinking of:
Yours is smaller & cracker-jack toy does make sense. (no idea on the material, but it would have been a cheap one)