Cast Silver Polar Bear Mexican folk art used for sweeping eraser crumbs

used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints

There is text in Japanese on the the back

black glazed with the fish rendered in sgraffito

I loved it already

They are in like new condition and very sweet

Cast Silver Polar Bear Mexican folk art used for sweeping eraser crumbsThis miniature cast sterling silver polar bear is just an exquisite little object, happy perched most anywhere or carried in a pocket as a good luck charm. Though I have found no mark on it, I have found a number of lovely cast silver polar bears online of about the same size and to which it bears a close resemblance. I found this one at the estate sale of an avid art (and small animal) collector in Kansas City, which included many fine things. I've