Lot 179: Shaker Tin and Sister’s Mallet

SOLD: $350 (without buyer’s premium)
Estimate: $300 – $600

Small tin dust pan with crimped top edges, in original black painted finish, 6 1/2″ l, 3 1/2″ w; Pyramid-shaped and lidded oil can, with applied handle and spout, used to fill oil lamps, 5″ h, 5 1/2″ dia (at base); Sister’s turned maple mallet, possibly used in the making of strawberry shaped emeries, 11″ l; (Hazel and Robert Belfit collection).

Note: See p. 202, Hands to Work, Marian Klamkin, for similar mallet from the Belfit collection.

Illustrated: Tin oil can, see p.189, Hands to Work, Marian Klamkin, 1972. Tin dust pan, see p. 113, Hands to Work, Marian Klamkin, 1972.