AN UNUSUAL ART DECO CREAMY COLOURED SMALL DISH IN THE FORM OF A POLAR BEAR. IT IS VERY CUBIST IN DESIGNED. THIS IS JUST OVER 4 INCHES HIGH. IT IS ALSO ABOUT 4 INCHES FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE IS HEAVY CRAZING ALL OVER IN THE GLAZE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN A MOULD AND THEN FIRED, THEN PAINTED , THEN DIPPED IN GLAZE AND THEN FIRED AGAIN I THINK. ON THE UNDERNEATH YOU CAN SEE THE EDGES ARE NOT QUITE EVEN PROBABLY FROM WHEN IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE MOULD. NOT SURE IF THIS IS AN ASH TRAY OR WHETHER IT IS A PIN DISH. THERE ARE NO BACKSTAMPS ON THE BASE AND THE ONLY MARK I CAN SEE IS A FAINT IMPRESSED NUMBER 40 IN A CIRCLE UNDER THE BASE BENEATH THE GLAZE.
