Unusual Antique Pocket Watch Mold Marked T Mills & Bros Philadelphia victorian wire basket exquisitely executed ink and watercolor

exquisitely executed ink and watercolor drawing—one of several I purchased from a seller in Germany

in combination with the yellow painted sides of the wooden boat make it quite a cheerful thing

The wheels are metal can lids and they wobble a bit

all of a piece

Found in New Hampshire

Unusual Antique Pocket Watch Mold Marked T Mills & Bros Philadelphia victorian wire basket exquisitely executed ink and watercolorIt wasn't until I was photographing this that I noticed a maker's mark on one short end (the end with the pour hole), for T Mills & Bros, Phila. Founded in thee 1850s 60s, Thos. Mills & Brother was a leading manufacturer of candy molds and other confectioners, bakers' and ice cream machinery and equipment. I believe this is a candy mold (maybe for a sucker, which could be hung from a string around one's neck!) and a fairly early and scarce one (I can