Lot of Antique Mechanics Delight Tobacco Tags Plus a Few Extras graphite on wood finely made old one in

finely made old one in very good condition

And hard to be the terrific color scheme

with the head of one seal resting against the back of the figure

which this coin bank very much reminds me of

apparently Pompey was a popular dog name in the early 19th century

Lot of Antique Mechanics Delight Tobacco Tags Plus a Few Extras graphite on wood finely made old one inI love old tobacco tags, which have metal tabs on the back, which can be punched through cloth or into wood, or folded over something (I've seen a few fabulous old wooden boxes and panels clad in these.) And I think the color and graphics on these "Mechanics Delights" tags are especially good, c. 1910s, produced by P. Lorillard Co. Jersey City, N. J. featuring one man carrying a saw and the other using an anvil. Plus a few old red cross pinbacks and