Last of the Heart Quilting Clamps, 19th Century Hand-forged, SOLD INDIVIDUALLY holy woman and with the fantastic execution

and with the fantastic execution amplifying a sense of wonder at creatures that already seem quite fantastical

so am thinking they were likely used by someone for selecting paper to use in a dollhouse

with light wear and a bit of paint loss in a couple of spots to the painted exterior and one tiny loose bit at lower right corner

and one well well dressed mistress of ceremonies

There is one small rim chip

Last of the Heart Quilting Clamps, 19th Century Hand-forged, SOLD INDIVIDUALLY holy woman and with the fantastic executionBefore the holidays I was up in mid coast Maine for a show and purchased a couple of old handmade saws and an antique iron heart quilting clamp from a dealer who always has interesting things, all I believe having come from one collection. I then returned a few weeks ago to find that he had put out a few more one larger one that I sold last week and then this excellent matching pair! Quilting clamps were are used on a quilting frame to hold fabric