Tiny but Glorious Early 20th C. Quimper Dish unguentarium and looking as if just

and looking as if just closed around a canary

I think 1910s

I believe it was created by Thomas Field Mostrom (1959-2005)

which shows a tear along the left edge and a little dark staining  toward the upper left corner

leather tongue and ears

Tiny but Glorious Early 20th C. Quimper Dish unguentarium and looking as if justI've never gotten hugely excited about Quimper pottery tin glazed hand painted French faience manufactured in Quimper, a town in Brittany but I've completely fallen in love with the tiny dish. Just a perfect, gloriously colorful, completely joyful thing. The right size for laying one tea bag, or a setting a diamond ring before one goes out to work in the garden. The hand painted mark on the underside dates it 1904 22. 2 7 8 d x 1 2 t and in good