Posted 8 years ago
katherines…
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So I picked up a little vintage ceramic rhino planter for fifty cents at the swap meet, and rolling around inside were a small glass topper of some sort, and a little bottle with a black top, that's the bottle in the first photo. I thought the seller must have forgotten them so I tipped the rhino toward him and showed him what was in there, he glanced and shook his head, said he was trying to get rid of the stuff, didn't want it. I set the topper aside, the bottle was some sort of medicine bottle, very small, an inch across and two inches tall. There were little bits of something in there, I thought maybe dried up bits of leaves or herbs. I shook them out onto the kitchen counter and saw that they were figurines. Very tiny, I mean seriously tiny, an eighth of an inch lengthwise, sixteenth of an inch width at most. What you are seeing in the photos are under a 10x loupe. They look normal here but IRL would all fit on a nickel. Appear to be mold made from plaster? Five total, one has a broken foot, they are otherwise undamaged. I am almost afraid to touch them! Thanks for looking.
I edited the photos to add one that shows the dog on the tip of my finger so you can see the actual size.
Miniscule!! I've never seen animal figures that small.
Astonishing..... Imagine what tools you would you need to make the moulds!
These are remarkable Katherine!! I've never seen anything like these before. Especially, this tiny!
These are amazing Katherine....sooo tiny!!!!
The bottle looks like ones that used to be for eye drops or ear drops.....would have had a glass tube attached to that lid......
Amazing! They are so good and so tiny! The dog in particular looks incredibly well modeled.
Thanks for the love, fortapache, brunswick, mikelv85, blunderbuss2, Efesgirl, jscott0363, vetraio50, TassieDevil, and racer4four. :)
Bonnie, these are so itty bitty, I couldn't believe they were real! I looked in the bottle and thought I was imagining things, I had to dump them out onto the counter and look with a magnifying glass to convince myself these were shapes.
sklo, it boggles the mind to think someone made these!
Scott, I was amazed, never could imagine something this tiny!
Judy, exactly, it looks like a bottle for drops but was utterly clean as if new or never used. I thought the contents were something medical, like herbs or a home remedy of some sort. Imagine my surprise!
Karen, to think these are as well made as they are! When I looked under the loupe and saw the details, I was amazed!
wonderful
Really stunning! No bugs in the hoard ? ;-D
Thanks for the love, kivatinitz, kyratango, and fleafinder. :)
Kiv, thank you, I agree they are pretty wonderful. :)
kyratango, maybe some little itty bitty fleas?? ;))
Hi Katherine, OMG this is awesome!!
Sorry I haven't been around, fingers crossed with my router.
But..I had to take a look around. Have you seen this maker?
http://www.hagenrenaker.com/Newpages/showcase.php?id=1405
Thanks for the love, OneGoodFinger, btrue and NevadaBlades. :)
Hi OGF, glad you are here, and hope your router problems are soon sorted. :) No, I hadn't seen them, I don't think. What a darling little kit! Still not quite as small as mine. I've tried finding similar but nothing so far. Thanks for the awesome! :)
Just drove me crazy again for about 20 minutes...ok, one of the coolest mysteries around. ;)
OGF, thanks, and thanks for your efforts, greatly appreciated. :)