1850s a very FINE and exceedingly rare Trompe-l’œil paperholder or paerweight, sculptural figural group featuring a day’s bag limit of shorebirds and ducks hanging. A vignette of the game hanging before a background of cattails and the hunter’s ammo pouch.
Pressed brass.
Paperclip, bill clip, paperholder. It’s a desk accessory that traveling salesmen handed out back in the day the way we hand out ink pens advertising our products today. They’re collectible. I have about 200 of them and I’ll offer them on eBay gradually. No hurry.
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2020.71::1991.LS
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