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...i can NEVER pass these up, it seems, and have too many! A handmade boot jack (used long ago to take your boots off by putting your heel in the top part) , it measures 15" long. OLDE   $25+sh

Black bellows. 10x19", OLD leather with several nails to secure it around the edges. One side is true look, the back has been added to some time ago with another piece of board. I just always kept the black side out. $30+sh

I have had this woman's bust for many years. I always thought she looked like an Indian. There is excellent detailing in face and her hair. Hand formed from a red clay, visible on the inside, the neck base is from 1/2 to 1" thick on the edges. It is 10" tall, and has a green oxidized hue to it, over a darkened copper base color. It is in excellent condition with no cracks or chips. A very unusual piece! $65.00+sh She is not signed.

From days of yore, when comb cases were nailed to the wall, this case is black metal 7"wide 5-1/2" tall with 2 hang holes.  $20+$4.05SH

Olde, not a reproduction piece made to look old, this early lantern is black painted, pitted with age. All original, bought in Tennessee a few years back. 8" tall.  $74+sh

An unusual piece, this is a counted x-stitch in several strands of floss, stitched on a casing for a pillow or a chair back, open at the bottom, made from old linen flax flour sack. Made to look like the red stripes are unraveling in the wind, the red has 'bled' into the white stripes. 16x19". Most interesting piece of Americana art. $25+$3.50sh

 

Handmade childs dress, probably would fit a 2 year old. Black with pink and red flowers on a polished cotton fabric. Lace at the neck and wrists. Flounces at the hem. 20"

$28+$4.05 sh

Old handmade knife holder, made from Wisconsin Cheese Box. On the back side you can read Pairmonts

Made in Wisconsin Pasteurized Process Cheese 2 lbs.

Has 10 Knife Slots. 11x11"  Original green paint. $30+sh

IF I had a place to put this, I would NEVER part with it!

A very old handmade milk stool, it shows the ingenuity of farm people years ago. It has a handle hole in the top, slopes down as they were made to do, still bears traces of a heavy fabric seat covering evident, held by old rusted nail heads the size of dimes. VERY primitive, an absolutely wonderful piece! 8"tall,9"wide, 25" long. $85+sh

 

Back when matches were used each day, these metal match holders were a staple of every household. This one advertises Somsel Bros.  Kaleva  Building (in Michigan 

n/w of here) Supplies  Lumber  Paints-Enamels 

Phone 24F2 (that goes WAY back!)  old white paint 5-1/2" tall. $24+sh

As found, I believe this is only 1/2 of a tobacco cigar press/mold. It never mattered to me, I loved it hanging on the wall. It is stamped The Du Brul Manufacturing Co. USA

on one side. It has molds for 20 cigars. I never had the top. 5x22" $49+sh

 

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