SOLD Make Do Get-Out-of-the-Garden Rattle from North Carolina Estate victorian wirework It appears more or less

It appears more or less complete and in very good condition

developing a "slating paint" for chalkboards and the chalkboard eraser (as the story goes

including with what seems to be some rounding to the ears from weathering

The interaction between the vinyl and the paint is such that it is not at all flaking

At one end of the carved closed fist appears to be a small inlaid bit of something

SOLD Make Do Get-Out-of-the-Garden Rattle from North Carolina Estate victorian wirework It appears more or lessI found this rattle at Brimfield, purchased from a seller who found it at an estate in North Carolina, where it had been used by the grandmother of the house to scare away creatures invading her garden. I love its elemental make do ness, with the flat wood handle punched right through the other end of the tin can. With beans I presume inside making the loud rattle. And made special with green paint and squiggles on either side, I presume representing