chapter 5
Plumb Wore Out
Washboards ★ Soap Shards ★ Choppers ★ Chopping Bowls ★ Figural Lawn Sprinklers ★ Punchboards ★ Rubber Stamps ★ Sheet Music ★ Soda Fountain Show Cards ★ Pictorial Signs ★ Hummingbird Love Tokens
Hummingbird head brooch, c. 1875. Set with ruby eyes and silver beak sheath on silver nest mount, 2" diameter. England
Plumb Wore Out regards objects that literally sacrificed a little bit of themselves with each use until there was no longer enough left to be functional (ex: washboards, burl bowls, choppers, punchboards, sheet music, exterior signs, soap shards, soda fountain show cards, figural lawn sprinklers, rubber stamps, hummingbird jewelry).
