Vintage BRAIDED LEATHER WHIP Short Carriage Plaited 64"

Vintage BRAIDED LEATHER WHIP Short Carriage Plaited 64" - eBay (item 310051402530 end time May-21-08 20:03:39 PDT)

This vintage braided or plaited leather whip is flexible from one end to the other, including the handle part. It currently measures 64 inches long, but the tip was unraveling. My man tied the ends in knots for neatness.

Perhaps it was a short carriage whip in days of old. It might be too fragile for anything but decoration now.

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Vintage STRING OF BELLS Hand-Forged Brass Plate Leather

Vintage STRING OF BELLS Hand-Forged Brass Plate Leather - eBay (item 310051392702 end time May-21-08 19:10:32 PDT)

This vintage string of six bells needs restrung. The leather cord is rotten and breaks easily. The bells are likely brass-plated iron as a magnet sticks to them. They look hand-forged, rather primitive with seams at the sides riveted shut.

Four are oval and two are square-shouldered. They all have slanted lines forming a design around the base. The clappers are simple lengths of metal. They look rough but sound lovely. I'm a sucker for bells. Are you?

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