SOLD (NG) Set of Nine Old Handmade Painted Wooden Rattle Blocks folk art spool holder using a pre-printed page upon

using a pre-printed page upon which it seems one was meant to create drawings that could reproduced as prints

with both ends twisted tightly together until about half way down

varnished wood ferrule

Unemployed in 1935

SOLD (NG) Set of Nine Old Handmade Painted Wooden Rattle Blocks folk art spool holder using a pre-printed page uponMy weakness for old wooden blocks never ceases, and I think this is a pretty special set, with each block housing what I'd guess are a few wooden beads, or maybe even beans, making a nice rattle. I think the contents vary a bit, giving a little variety to the rattling, and one of the orange blocks is just a hair smaller than the others. I'm not entirely sure if these were homemade, or just handmade, but they've got a very homespun feel about them,