Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Santo Domingo pottery bowl I purchased this piece from

I purchased this piece from the estate sale of a former gallerist and great collector on Newbury Street in Boston that included an endless array of wonderful things

charming in their red

there it was

but since discovering the world of winders in bottles--also called "Niddy Noddies"--I'm even more astounded

This little sailor--constructed of two real walnuts for head and body

Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Santo Domingo pottery bowl I purchased this piece fromI think this old catcher's mitt is such a gorgeous sculptural object, I'd hang it on the wall. Admittedly, I don't know much about these antique gloves which can be quite precious but I just love this thing, especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief, and amplifies a sense of it's pillow like thickness. The strap of the glove