Antique Shield with (Satisfyingly Loud!) Gavel Knocker in Best Yellow Paint unusual ashtray though I do read at

though I do read at least some measure of defiance and "whatever"-ness in this young boy's expression

since I am not an expert in harmonicas

The set of three fit in neat little cutouts in the cardboard base of the original blue box

I think—19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out

I forgot to shoot individually

Antique Shield with (Satisfyingly Loud!) Gavel Knocker in Best Yellow Paint unusual ashtray though I do read atI believe this wooden shield with gavel knocker is likely fraternal looks to me like a gothic "C" (maybe combined with two horizontal strokes of an F?) painted in silver against that old best yellow paint. Perhaps the gavel was struck to call meetings to order, or perhaps the shield hung on the outside of the door to the inner sanctum, where all secrets would be revealed. Who knows? What I do know is that the wooden gavel, suspended from a bent strip