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this one with a more dense and saturated concentration of elongated triangular forms
except that it came from the estate of a serious collector of Americana
MA (more below) and was commissioned by one of the Dummers as a model of sorts of the original colonial era fulling mill on the property--built by John Pearson on the Mill River
are highly collected and fairly rare to find
I would think they were the real thing
Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card Rosenthal netter this one with a moreThis is my favorite trade card I've found, c. 1890 or so I believe, and a pretty rare one the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection. What a face, and what a watermelon, and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools!) in Boston, located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall. 5 1 8" x
