Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Santo Domingo pottery bowl there it was

there it was

black and green painted snake

--so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled

This little sailor--constructed of two real walnuts for head and body

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Santo Domingo pottery bowl there it wasI think this old catcher's mitt is such a gorgeous sculptural object, I'd hang it on the wall. Admittedly, I don't know much about these antique gloves which can be quite precious but I just love this thing, especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief, and amplifies a sense of it's pillow like thickness. The strap of the glove