Offered here is an old vintage Black Americana matchsafe or match holder an "Black Americana - Cast Iron Match Holder - Cotton bale and two boys with watermelon - older paint is rubbed on edges of the design. It says Patent Applied For on the bottom - can see the tiny chip on the bottom edge in the bottom scan.
Offered here is a vintage Black Americana souvenire item; a Black Americana - Souvenir Cotton Bale, "I Am From Dixie" with tiny porcelin black man eating watermelon with large blue tag - likely 1940's, Galvestan, Texas.
Offered here is a retro vintage black babydoll with sleepy-eyes, Black Americana Baby doll with "sleepy-eyes", molded plastic, 9" long - crying mechanism doesn't seem to work - eyes open when she sits up, articulated limbs and head. Very cool!!!!
Offered here are two retro vintage Black Americana ceramic figures, Black Characteristic Native Couple Bowling - 2 ceramic figures. Wonderful ceramic black figures both about 5" tall and nude but for waist bands.
This is a vintage Black Americana item: an "Dixon's Carburet of Iron Stove Polish - "Brother Gardner Addresses The Lime Kiln Club on The Virtues of Dixon's Stove Polish"; B & W add on back- about 6 1/8" X 5 1/8" in size (It has two very small closed tears at the left edge). This is an AWSOME full color flyer/add featuring 14 "Characteristic" Black Men - possibly an inside box top add - where ya gonna find another one???? Very cool!!!!
Offered here is an old handmade vintage black doll: "Handmade, Black Americana stuffed cloth doll - 11" tall. Wearing a woven basket-like hat with fruit (most fruit missing). In great condition! Very cool!!!!
Offered here is a wonderful vintage handpainted J. Palley's Hambone advertising plate; "J. Palleys Hambone - Above All Five Cent Cigars Finest Quality", plate - hanging sign 1911", This is a hand painted sign although I do not find an artist's signature, Buffalo Pottery - Vitreous. Black man in air plane - very cool!! Sorry about the potter's mark - I tried my scanner and camera.