Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma with scattered toning/stains/smudges all to

with scattered toning/stains/smudges all to the good in this case

and know that these flasks were very popular with soldiers

and painted the perfect brick red and white

This one more methodical than explosive

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma with scattered toning/stains/smudges all toThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it (sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc.) Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old