Original U.S. WWII Folk Art Aircraft Carrier Bookends - U.S.S. Saratoga and the U.S.S. Ranger British Artwork & Posters The leather blade buffer is

The leather blade buffer is unfortunately missing

Serial number on underside of the barrel reads 63539 (somewhat blurred) as well as a very clear matching number 63539 on the grip frame

as is the bolt extractor

and has dates on both the handset and the unit

The doeskin wool crown still retains a great color and shape

Original U.S. WWII Folk Art Aircraft Carrier Bookends - U.S.S. Saratoga and the U.S.S. Ranger British Artwork & Posters The leather blade buffer isOriginal Items: One Of A Kind. Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative. The makers of folk art are typically trained within a popular tradition, rather than in the fine art tradition of the culture. There is often overlap, or contested ground with 'naive art'. "Folk art" is not used in regard to