Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! waterscape but with no information on

but with no information on his maker or exact age

5" tall x  5" wide x 4" deep

And sweep the sounding lyre

which I purchased from a seller in the Netherlands

It seems a bit more like ceramic than plaster (and is quite heavy)

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! waterscape but with no information onI see a lot of old wooden industrial molds but only occasionally do I across across ones like this, filled with a pitch wood resin mold material, and used for casting ornaments for architecture, molding and picture frames. This is the smallest of several I'm listing, which photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense) the mold itself has a really visceral presence, feeling like a cross