OLD BLACK FOLK ART-UNCLE MOSE AND AUNT JEMIMA JIGGER TOY-AAFA-BEAUTIFUL

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OLD BLACK FOLK ART-UNCLE MOSE AND AUNT JEMIMA JIGGER TOY-AAFA-BEAUTIFUL:
$595.00

TODAY I HAVE FOR YOU A GREAT OLD AAFA BLACK FOLK ART\" UNCLE MOSE\" AND\" AUNT JEMIMA\" JIGGER-BELONGS TO MY 92 Y/O MOM IN LAW-SHE SAYS SHE GOT IT MANY YEARS AGO AT AN ESTATE sale OF A COLLECTOR WHO HAD HIMSELF PURCHASED IT IN THE 1920s-IT IS ON A MASONS BLACKING BOX, WITH A TOP MADE OUT OF A BORDENS CHEESE BOX, REALLY NEAT!-BEHIND THE FIGURES IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A POT BELLY STOVE, POSSIBLY MADE OUT OF A TIN CAN, EVEN HAS A DOOR ON IT-16\" TALL-11\" WIDE-13\" DEEP-IN BACK OF THE STOVE IS THE TOP OF THE MASONS BOX WITH A PAPER LABEL DEPICTING BLACK PEOPLE SHINING SHOES-YOU PUSH UP AND DOWN ON THE LEVERS, WHICH APPEAR TO AT ONE TIME HAD SOMETHING GLUED TO THEM, AND THE FIGURES \"DANCE\"-ON THE BACK OF THE BOX IT SAYS \"BELHRE O\" AND THE INITIALS\" CAB\"-I LOOKED IT UP ON GOOGLE AND FOUND BELPRE, OHIO, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE OHIO RIVER CLOSE TO THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER-THE WRITING IS UPSIDE DOWN, BUT THE LETTERS HAVE A VERY PLEASING FORM!-THIS IS A VERY PRETTY PIECE OF BLACK FOLK ART/AMERICANA-THE FIGURES APPEAR TO BE MADE OUT OF PAPER MACHE OR COMPOSITION, I DONT KNOW FOR SURE-CLOTHING IS BROWN FROM AGE-MASON WAS LOCATED IN PHILADELPHIA -THIS IS A VERY GOOD PIECE-I HAVE ANOTHER OF HER JIGGER TOYS IN ANOTHER LISTING-WE ARE CLEANING OUT HER HOUSE, AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS MORE JIGGERS AND OTHER FOLK ART WE HAVENT FOUND YET-5 DAY sale-MAKE ME AN OFFER.