Radiant Radiator--Exceptional c. 1940s Salesman Sample  “Watty” Chiltoskie carving and subsequently Massachusetts

and subsequently Massachusetts

it would make for a charming way to learn the names of animals (real and fictional) too

which from what I understand originated in China but became very popular as a parlor game in Victorian England

and a sweetgrass rim on both the lip and on the underside

by the excellent but under-recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American

Radiant Radiator--Exceptional c. 1940s Salesman Sample  “Watty” Chiltoskie carving and subsequently MassachusettsI wouldn't have guessed that I might call a radiator one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen, but I've got to say that this salesman sample is that indeed when I first saw it, I though it was glass tubes filled with gold dust, or maybe golden wheat (the color also reminds me of the salt marsh at its most beautiful in the fall.) I have found no other like it out there anywhere, but would guess it dates to the 1940s or so I have found one