Old Plaster Mold: The Archer stereo card many times

many times

and most of the animals on the fronts can still be distinguished

I've been eyeing antique pin cushions lately where someone's name or a message was painstakingly spelled out in pins

Building itself: 8 7/8” t x 4 x 4 1/16

with the initials of the artist

Old Plaster Mold: The Archer stereo card many timesFor candy or a lead figurine I'm not entirely sure, but how to resist an archer in any form? Perhaps, appearing to be standing atop a classical pillar or pedestal, this was meant to be Heracles but, long and lanky, he looks rather more like Robinhood to me! With a nice patina to the old plaster, and "no pins" written on the outside of the mold, with an incised 9K on either side. 6 1 2" x 2 1 2" x 1 5 8" when closed. Good condition, nicely aged, with a