Great Form: Satisfying Old Carved Wooden Plumb Bob toy animals have gained some earthly company

have gained some earthly company

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with the red painted flourished on front reminding me of painted lips about to deliver a kiss

VT (founded 1872) and that it once stood on a wheeled platform

with gorgeous color and surface and utilitarian form

Great Form: Satisfying Old Carved Wooden Plumb Bob toy animals have gained some earthly companyI come across a lot of old brass and iron plumb bobs, but much less frequently a wooden one, and even less often a long, sharply pointed one like this. (And this one carved of soft wood, unlike the turned hardwood examples one more commonly sees.) Anyway, it struck me as unusual, and just a great form, satisfying like geometric solid blocks. With original iron hanging loop and great warm dry patina. Better than my photos, which make the wood look a