Curious Old Pewter Cradle Shaped Box with Baby! Mexican folk art pottery I love traditional Cochiti pottery

I love traditional Cochiti pottery for its bold black against cream painted patterns

but overall its is in very good antique condition with all of the seams holding tight

it's a special small rug for a special spot

) with a great silhoutte

as well as a hairline crack on the interior near one of the hinges and overall wear/aging to the interior bottom half

Curious Old Pewter Cradle Shaped Box with Baby! Mexican folk art pottery I love traditional Cochiti potteryAnother very unusual one, which I have tried hard to find out something about, with no luck at all, including attempts to trace the mark. A box for storing silver diaper pins? A container for a child's ashes? A mold? I really have no idea, but find it quite an evocative and slightly haunting object. Definitely pewter and I assume British, with a mark that looks to read ICH together with a lion. If you know more than I do about this, please share! 4 9