Old Composition Pig with Blue Eyes and Unusual Spring Tail antique thank you card and its male

and its male

Box measures 8 3/4" x 8 3/4" x 1 3/8"

but with the two cross pieces impossible to remove

but I think this could be mended

Old Composition Pig with Blue Eyes and Unusual Spring Tail antique thank you card and its maleI've had a couple of old pink composition pigs, smaller than this one, that were made as candy containers, but this guy is just his own thing I've seen similar described as butcher shop display pieces, but he's not that big so I'm not sure. (His very animating spring tail, which I've not seen before, would make him very engaging at the check out counter!) Anyway, quite an excellent pig, with great face and piercing blue eyes, and it really is near