This has been in my family for more than 50 years. It is a lovely piece, with carved flowers on the base and carved bird and flowers on the top. It's in excellent condition, no chips or cracks. The well is a really unusual shape, and measures 4" wide at its widest by nearly 5" long at its longest. I was told that this is from the late 1800s, but I do not have any documentation to verify that.