Large (9 Pound) Old Leather Glove Cutting Die pair of stone fruit pears oil on hardboard

oil on hardboard

Classic Arts and Crafts style in color and form

who purchased it in Sweden

He built a small

like this vintage Central street sign

Large (9 Pound) Old Leather Glove Cutting Die pair of stone fruit pears oil on hardboardThis is the largest of three old steel die I am listing, which would have been used to cut leather for gloves and mittens. I also have the (also vey large and very heavy) maul that would have been used to pound them into the leather to cut it if you have an interest in that, just let me know! I love these as objects, both graphic and sculptural, and this one, which weighs about 9 pounds, certainly having the most emphatic objecthood of all! (This one