SOLD WIFE, 1912 Folk Art Love Token Wheel Barrow with Velvet Pin Cushion, Signed antique needlebook clearly collected by someone who

clearly collected by someone who was very much part of the scene

About as charming a merger of form and function as I've seen

which is likely where it was made

There appear to be three hairline cracks in the base

SOLD WIFE, 1912 Folk Art Love Token Wheel Barrow with Velvet Pin Cushion, Signed antique needlebook clearly collected by someone whoI found this one at an antiques show in Maine to my great delight a love token and a pin cushion and miniature wheel barrow rolled in one! Constructed of cigar box wood, painted gold around the perimeter, wire, and just right blue velvet for the pin cushion, with wonderfully carved arrow pierced heart at center, and WIFE spelled out in pins what could be better? Ah, a handwritten dedication, to EMR from MHR 1912, on the underside, too! One imagines a