Antique Leather Postcard Pants Purse Coin Kiss Clasp Novelty Folk Art 1900s For Sale
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Antique Leather Postcard Pants Purse Coin Kiss Clasp Novelty Folk Art 1900s: $497.00
Antique Leather Postcard Pants Purse Coin Kiss Clasp Novelty Folk Art 1900s The Material: It is crafted from a genuine, early-1900s leather postcard. You can see the original ink and rustic hand-stitched detailing along the borders - leather remains soft Clasp opensthese novelties almost always featured tongue-in-cheek jokes, often about marriage, drinking, or saving money. This one reads: "Teddy Sez... Here's To Our Wives Who Think It Funny / Mending Our Pants When Their Filled With Money.the "Teddy Sez" opening likely references President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, who was in office during the peak of the leather postcard era (1905–1907) and frequently inspired pop-culture merchandise and political cartoons with a canceled postmark 1-cent green Benjamin Franklin stamp (Series of 1902) securely affixed to the leather, paired with a classic early-1900s wavy line ink cancellation. -piece is a survivor of the 1907 postal ban.
