Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler antique Indian animal layer by layer

layer by layer

These would be great on a vanity or dresser used as pill boxes or containers for rings and earrings

with a perimeter of braided sweetgrass on the face and side of the lid

but I fell in love with her

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Hand-painted Porcelain Bowling Pin Dish with "A Record Breaker" Bowler antique Indian animal layer by layerA pretty fun and curious dish, and one that would certainly make a great gift for a champion bowler and maybe also for a fan of the Big Lebowski, as I think this cigar smoking character bears a fairly close resemblance to John Goodman! Perhaps it is actually Kegel (German 9 pin bowling) that he is playing, as the dish was made in Germany, but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another, which I assume was the case