Lovely and Unusual Set of Antique Wooden Ribbon Spools with Hand Printed Paper Labels mini chair and horizontal stain/toning across her

and horizontal stain/toning across her nose

there is just no stitch to hook it through) and a small dark stain on the bottom left corner of the back

7 5/8" x 4 3/4" and in very good condition

3 1/2” l x 1 5/8” w x 2” t and in very good condition apart from lost tusks with a few irregularities in the stone as documented

and which arrive to us now like gifts from the past

Lovely and Unusual Set of Antique Wooden Ribbon Spools with Hand Printed Paper Labels mini chair and horizontal stain/toning across herThese I know came of the estate of a historic general store in Maine, and I just think they are the loveliest things, dating I'd guess to the late 19th century. They are were wooden spools for ribbon of various lengths and widths that ribbon long gone now but for one spool still wound in white satin ribbon. What makes them so lovely and special feeling through are the hand cut, hand printed paper labels adhered to each side, bearing lion and eagle and