SOLD Martha, Walter and Elfredia's Brushes with Carved Names and Fancy Inlays magazine holder Such a weird one

Such a weird one

with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases

resting on a few nails

I'm always opening old books in hopes of finding drawings inside

Great patina and indestructible

SOLD Martha, Walter and Elfredia's Brushes with Carved Names and Fancy Inlays magazine holder Such a weird oneSo fun, and clearly so much love invested in these. And hard to look at these and not want to know all about Martha and Walter and Elfredia I'd say good fodder for a short story. The full scale and general nature of them makes me imagine that they were not made by a father for his children, say, but rather perhaps for a group of three siblings still living together in their old age who knows?! How wonderfully crafted they were in any event, late 19th