Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian with terrific checkerboard paper labels

with terrific checkerboard paper labels

a few recipes for making paint

A bit of age toning around the edges and an untrimmed right edge

one of two in the shop that came  from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

Unusual, Presumed German House, Dog and Windmill on Squeaker utilitarian with terrific checkerboard paper labelsI've never seen another squeeze squeak toy like this one, which I have to think is German, or at least its components are. I've certainly seen a bunch of little German animals like this dog, and squeaker toys too, but not one with a whole scenario unfolding atop of it. Here the air hole in the squeaker is located just below the windmill, surely with the notion that the air from a squeeze should set it turning. (It really doesn't, at least not now, but