SOLD WIFE, 1912 Folk Art Love Token Wheel Barrow with Velvet Pin Cushion, Signed modeling tools or could certainly be hung

or could certainly be hung on the wall

the top piece screws on tight and snug

and original mirror in place

And the chairs were constructed in slightly different ways

just one bag missing a label

SOLD WIFE, 1912 Folk Art Love Token Wheel Barrow with Velvet Pin Cushion, Signed modeling tools or could certainly be hungI found this one at an antiques show in Maine to my great delight a love token and a pin cushion and miniature wheel barrow rolled in one! Constructed of cigar box wood, painted gold around the perimeter, wire, and just right blue velvet for the pin cushion, with wonderfully carved arrow pierced heart at center, and WIFE spelled out in pins what could be better? Ah, a handwritten dedication, to EMR from MHR 1912, on the underside, too! One imagines a