US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s J.D. Gay chicken which is also quite a

which is also quite a satisfying thing to wrap ones hand around

The watercolored rounds representing progressively diminished color intensities are paper cutouts

Altogether pretty endearing I think

nice perched on a shelf somewhere to appreciate its colorful

but also for the moody manner of the painting

US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s J.D. Gay chicken which is also quite aThis one is heavy with the weight of all these metal "bag plates" I believe snap closures for the flap of a purse or the like. I just love old sample cards like this, especially much handled ones with handwritten numbers and notes on them. This one was produced by the United States Fastener Company located on Milk Street in Boston whose work clearly involved holding all sorts of things together! c. 1920s 40s I believe, with a very satisfying reverse