SOLD Make Do Get-Out-of-the-Garden Rattle from North Carolina Estate victorian wirework including with what seems to

including with what seems to be some rounding to the ears from weathering

A little loss to the brim of his hat

Pretty great just lined up in a row on a shelf

developing a "slating paint" for chalkboards and the chalkboard eraser (as the story goes

SOLD Make Do Get-Out-of-the-Garden Rattle from North Carolina Estate victorian wirework including with what seems toI found this rattle at Brimfield, purchased from a seller who found it at an estate in North Carolina, where it had been used by the grandmother of the house to scare away creatures invading her garden. I love its elemental make do ness, with the flat wood handle punched right through the other end of the tin can. With beans I presume inside making the loud rattle. And made special with green paint and squiggles on either side, I presume representing