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Figural rooster (cockerel) watering can

Object/Artifact

Stylized standing rooster modeled in yellow plastic on a flared pedestal foot, functioning as a watering can. The upright neck rises to a head with a round inset eye, an applied red comb, an open red beak (the pour spout), and a red wattle. An integrally molded loop handle arches from the back of the neck down to the upper back. The hollow body swells at the breast — with a shallow molded oval panel on the side suggesting a folded wing — and tapers to the footed base. Embossed "Made in GDR" low on the body.

2025.11.12

2025.11

Purchase

G.D.R.

Central Europe

Europe

Maker: Unidentified. The base mark gives country of origin only ("Made in GDR"), not a manufacturer or brand. Date: GDR era. The "Made in GDR" export mark establishes manufacture no later than 1990 (the GDR's dissolution at German reunification), placing it within the 1959–1990 range.

32 cm

Plastic

Materials: Molded plastic — body in soft/flexible yellow plastic (PVC or polyethylene, unconfirmed); comb, beak, and wattle in a firmer red plastic; eye a separate inset. Technique: Hollow molded plastic body (blow- or rotational-molded) with separately molded, inserted red features; integrally molded loop handle. Filled and poured through the open beak (water enters/exits via the body opening; fill aperture not visible in this view).

Good

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

use

G.D.R.

Central Europe

Europe

production