Rare Antique Black Americana Tin Toy Porter Pushing Wheelbarrow gift for hipster This unique and substantial studio

This unique and substantial studio pottery double vase would make a great addition to any collection of mid-century ceramics

This doll shows its age

When I spotted this set of four hand-painted porcelain demitasse cups

6 1/2" tall x 7" wide (with dress spread flat)

with no apparent wear at all to the interior and just slight scratching to the surface

Rare Antique Black Americana Tin Toy Porter Pushing Wheelbarrow gift for hipster This unique and substantial studioThis very old Black Americana tin toy is pretty distressed, which makes it all the more beautiful to me. I have found a few versions, of both black and white figures, pushing wheelbarrows; the closest I've found (and which I'd guess this in fact is) was made by Ferdinand Strauss, NYC, c. 1910s, with a wind up key on the side of the wheelbarrow which would make it move. That key is long gone, as are the wheels on the wheelbarrow, and the cap on his