Possible Clues:

• Unusual article, strange, not American
• Dog number ten, a rare item
• Collector’s item inquisitive American rejected
• Hound, quite old for a dog -- antique!
• Rare article
• Interesting object
• Piece of bric-a-brac inquisitive American dropped off
• Collectable oddity
• Cat figurine, say
• Piece of bric-a-brac made of copper and gold turned up around India