My grandfather gave me this chair and I don't know too much about the armchair

Archie Gunn. Signed with copyright. 1911 and 1912.

7-3/4" tall, 6-1/4" across base; no cracks or chips though some minor wear on feet

bottom stamp states "Handpainted Bavarian..." but the rest I can't read

This was a gift to my grandmother before the 1950s, from her sister who was an antique dealer in Decatur, Texas.

I don't know what it is and I do not see a silver stamp marking. Is it a tray but it has the raised flowers in center. I do not know where it came from. Someone donated it to our spiritual center. It is marked Jordan Sheffield Collection. I have searched for hours online and can not find anything similar.

It's an animal shaped piece covered in bone tiles, I know absolutely nothing factual about it. The person who ran the estate sale I got it from called it an antique Chinese dog planter, I don't believe any of those things except maybe "planter"

Ideally I would like to know:
- When it was made
- Where it was made
- What kind of animal it's supposed to be
- If there are other things like it (I've seen bone tile animals elsewhere but except for one bone tile parrot they're usually much less stylized than this thing)
- If I got played for a fool at the estate sale auction I got it from

Need an assessment on China platters.