Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger with the most paint loss

with the most paint loss to the rims

or Unicorn of the Sea

as if levitating on his own

I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston

Soiled and darned to death but not at all delicate and holding together most incredibly

Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger with the most paint lossA beautifully concise antique example of "make do," this is a mid 19th century Hall & Elton spoon handle that was wed (riveted) long ago to a large, shallow round bowl (looks to me like the piece was cut from a tin can then soldered to "tin" it) to make a ladle. Excellent. And useful still, though I'd be inclined to rest it on a couple of nails on the wall. Hall & Elton of Geneva, NY (distinct from Hall Elton Co of Wallingford, CT) operated just from