Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet old pine whimsy These wooden clapsticks

These wooden clapsticks

A pretty great little object though for sure

At first I thought this lovely hand-painted postcard depicted a bunch of green olives still on the branch

” (More on his life long involvement with the railroads below

Scarab jewelry became very popular during the Egyptian revival in the 19th century

Beautiful Old Woven Metal Trivet old pine whimsy These wooden clapsticksI really love this thing, which I believe was made to be a trivet, woven of cut metal strips of varying lengths, folded over at the ends to hold it together. I believe the metal is tin, and think it was likely a make do creation (I have had one other similar, also found in Maine and perhaps done by the same maker years ago) transforming scraps into something remarkably beautiful and satisfying in a very tramp art sort of way. (It also of course