Brass Victorian Style United Shoe Manufacturing Co. Boot Paperweight letterpress representing various Dino species

representing various Dino species

Maple Sugar-ing

It is the perfect shade of green--somewhere between olive and kelly--with a fabulous pop of orange around the lid

I love this wonderfully creepy-cheerful

Regardless

Brass Victorian Style United Shoe Manufacturing Co. Boot Paperweight letterpress representing various Dino speciesI purchased this old brass boot at an estate sale at the family home of the former Plant Engineer at The United Shoe Machinery Company in Beverly, MA, established in 1899 and one of the nation's most important producers of industrial machinery, especially for the shoe industry. Marked USM on the side, I assume it was a company giveaway at some point a great little object, and a nice piece of history! This little boot definitely has many years on it