Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt watercolor of flowers used for sweeping eraser crumbs

used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints

in which I know from her collection and library she had a great interest

it and the rectangular one (a shoeshine brush

I found this wonderful sculpture at the estate sale of an artist

2" diameter

Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt watercolor of flowers used for sweeping eraser crumbsI 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