Porcelain cow with hinged head - Meissen

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Meissen cow with hinged head by camizlem posted Jul 22, 2015 at 2:54 PM

What is the purpose of this small cow with a hinged head?

 

look nice on a shelf ?

 

Twice??

 

The metal hinge part looks like those used on trinket boxes. But what in heaven's name could you keep (and still be able to remove) in such an odd shape? A little folded piece of paper?

 

I was thinking a necklace....

 

Maybe. I would not want to put anything in there that might get bumped or scratched from the effort to insert or remove it.

 

It's pretty big.... I was thinking more of a chain, nothing large on it.

 

I'm thinking the head and body were molded separately & just attached that way.

 

Every trinket 'box' I see now has rings of that type around the opening.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if this was from Cost Plus.

 

yup.......

 

I mean the only thing I could see being put in there that would come out easily ..

would be sand or water !!!!!

 

Match case for longish wooden matches-this style was probably intended more for kitchen use. My WAG anyway.