Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card black lock This piece would make a

This piece would make a great fruit or serving bowl

The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones

This is a lovely

Clearly the pumpkin-red color of the Red Quill above was its most important attribute

with these especially great headphones that seem abuzz with sound just sitting there

Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card black lock This piece would make aThis is my favorite trade card I've found, c. 1890 or so I believe, and a pretty rare one the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection. What a face, and what a watermelon, and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools!) in Boston, located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall. 5 1 8" x