Charming Painted Chalkware Horse Incense Holder books with red tree at center

with red tree at center and ambiguous

I imagine it was constructed from bits of scrap wood left over from making other things

2 15/16" l x 1 1/8" d (1 1/2" including lock) x 1 3/16" tall not including pin

so it could be replaced

hatted figure pumping from a well while a child appears ready to go fishing in it

Charming Painted Chalkware Horse Incense Holder books with red tree at centerA wonderful little painted chalkware horse, and an incense holder to boot. I find chalkware, which I believe this is, a bit hard to date and to place in terms of origin this has a bit of the feel of Mexican folk art to me, but is also similar in manner to early American chalkware pieces I have found of horses and deer and cats, etc. My guess is it has some age but the spattered paint on it suggests a certain lack of fineness; I am pricing just based