Lot 053 - Antique Cast Iron Manneken Pis-Style Figural Statuette, Standing Peeing Male Child, Dark Patina, 2-7/8" H

Lot 053 - Antique Cast Iron Manneken Pis-Style Figural Statuette, Standing Peeing Male Child, Dark Patina, 2-7/8" HAn antique cast iron figural statuette depicting a standing nude male child in the Manneken Pis tradition, with arm lifting shirt at the abdomen and the figure posed in the characteristic urinating stance. The head features modeled curly hair with a braided or banded detail at the rear. The casting shows modeled facial features, pudgy limbs, and rounded body proportions throughout. The surface retains a dark iron patina with areas of exposed reddish

A printed label at the bottom reads "745 Phyllium giganteum Leaf Insect

Osgood and Company in 1882

Holman & Co

Please see photographs for the most complete description of the sign

” featuring a smiling jack-o’-lantern with black cat

staining visible particularly in lower portion

The grouping also includes one shoe horn and features varied designs from simple utilitarian forms to decorative examples with mother-of-pearl and ornately engraved handles

Grouping of four antique snapshots depicting schoolchildren dressed in a variety of themed costumes

Minor chipping around interior rim

Pre-Auction Notes: No evident chips or cracks

The scene includes two men holding bugles

and surface and glitter loss