P.A. Baker, Silver Foil and Reverse Painted Glass Nameplate with Scalloped Edge pocket tool famous for its lace

famous for its lace

but of course my even greater weakness if for how such books were personalized by the children who owned them--and this one has the hand of a young J

I really can't envision a more beautiful set of serving spoons than these

-- but what a homely charmer

) and remnants of center tabs of a few (I'd guess these were punched out of sheets)

P.A. Baker, Silver Foil and Reverse Painted Glass Nameplate with Scalloped Edge pocket tool famous for its lacePerhaps not everyone shares my enthusiasm for old nameplates of unknown people, but I love the idea of a vast collection of them a community of long lost friends. A perfect vehicle for a study of styles and fonts, too. And hard to beat reverse painted black glass and silver foil with scalloped bevelled edge as far as styles go. Plus I thought just the right thing for, say, a bread maker from Pennsylvania! 4" x 1 1 2" x 1 4" thick. Black painted tin