I posted pictures of this on Facebook awhile back. I found it in a box while I was cleaning in the garage one day. It really is amazing all of the things I find out there. Some I keep, some I let go of. Either way, it's fun to look at these things and remember. Anyway, this is a collar box. At least, that is what I have been told and I have no reason to doubt it. If anyone knows differently, just let me know!
This piece came from Isabel Wolfe, my cousin. She was my Grandfather Laney's first cousin. My Grandmother and Isabel were very close up until the end of Isabel's life. In the mid 1980's, Isabel's next door neighbors convinced her to clean out her attic and have a yard sale. Why Isabel listened to them, I do not know. Anyway, she had her yard sale on a Saturday. On the Friday night before, she called Mom and Grandmother and told her what she was doing. She said that if they wanted to come and look through the things that night they were more than welcome to. Of course, it was all for sale and she didn't just let them have anything because they were family.
This belonged to Isabel's father. It is orange velvet with a sterling clasp on the top. Inside, there is beautiful apple green satin. Mom and Grandmother got several fun pieces that night, all of which they paid for. I know that Grandmother also bought a brass lamp. Mom got Aunt Nell's parasol and a butter churn. The sale was a success and life goes on. Still, I'm glad to have it. I just don't have any collars to put in there LOL
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