Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century hand-lettered I would guess it was

I would guess it was made in the mid-20th century and believe it was made in Benin

I am guessing given the approx

so evocative and with a bit of an eeriness about it

I think I'd be way less interested in the cast plaster portraits created from this than I am in the mold itself

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century hand-lettered I would guess it wasWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a