mostly dating from the late 19th and early 20th century--most commonly vesta
the chain with loop is 4 3/4" long
At the top the mask is strung with sinew thread for hanging
with cutouts in the cardboard base for each shell -- and a dry kidney bean as well to hide underneath one of them
does your honour descend so far as to salute a slave
Wonderful Old Painted Tin Folk Art Tower with Glass Windows color wheel with triangles mostly dating from the lateI found this fabulous old folk art tower in Adams County, Pennsylvania perhaps made as part of a model train set? Its scratch made, lovingly constructed of tin with its original glass in three of the four top level windows, and a gutter all the way around that top level, leading to folded stairs. Painted a sort of taupe, with red roof, dark green trim, and brown at one lower corner, I assume to represent a door. "XR" is painted in black on one of the