Odd Fellows Vintage Painted Mesh Mask numbers 12 1/4" long overall x

12 1/4" long overall x 2 1/8" across at widest

Really a wonderful piece

and reminds me a bit of the cats of Laurel Burch

The small vessel is made of high-fire porcelain coated with brown slip and incised

Odd Fellows Vintage Painted Mesh Mask numbers 12 1/4" long overall xI think these old Odd Fellows mesh masks are pretty ingenious great as objects but even better worn as the features of the mask merge with the features of the wearer in a pretty eerie manner. While one sees more elaborate examples than this one, featuring mustaches and beards of real hair, I especially love the rather goofy expression on this one he really looks like quite good humored, and as if he is about to crack a joke! The strap is missing but