Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian All of the etched numbers

All of the etched numbers remain completely readable

I love how the beam of light shining down on her not only seems heavenly but also as if it might come from a nearby lighthouse

to become a music teacher

I think mostly the work of the child of a potter--though perhaps there was a little collaboration involved on the painted face of this one

Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian All of the etched numbersI've never seen another squeeze squeak toy like this one, which I have to think is German, or at least its components are. I've certainly seen a bunch of little German animals like this dog, and squeaker toys too, but not one with a whole scenario unfolding atop of it. Here the air hole in the squeaker is located just below the windmill, surely with the notion that the air from a squeeze should set it turning. (It really doesn't, at least not now, but