Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) woven pottery with light scattered soiling

with light scattered soiling

with solutions the the rebuses on the undersides

My favorite though (in addition to the shin guards) might be the balletic posture of the outfielder

and a few stains

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) woven pottery with light scattered soilingThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it (sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc.) Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old