365 Days Of Junk - Day 32

Green Lane Cedar Chest

This is a Lane Cedar Chest from the 50's or 60's.( I can't remember which and it's too full of stuff to turn it over and look!)

Anyways, it's in great condition and still has the original tag on it. I don't think the green paint is original, but it adds character (or something).

365 Days of Junk - Day 31

Chef Pig

This is a statue of a Pig Chef or a Pig Cook, holding a chalkboard. It was made by Artcast copyright 1992. Does anyone else remember these?????? You would put them in your kitchen and write on the chalkboard. DUH! I remember that around the same time that these were popular, restaurants liked to write their menus on chalkboards. 

365 Days Of Junk - Day 30

Red Born Boots

These are red western style boots by Born. I so wished that they were my size, but of course they were not! 

365 Days Of Junk Day - 29

Old Scale 

This is an old counter top scale from the Howe Scale Company. 

365 Days Of Junk - Day 28

Trench Art

So... I'm either a dummy or someone who doesn't get out very much. Maybe even a dummy who doesn't get out much, but I had never heard of Trench Art until I found this thing. I thought it was some funky brass vase in the Goodwill store. It was super heavy and upon further inspection I could tell that it was a shell casing to a large bullet, It say 105MM M14 on the bottom which is apparently a Howitzer shell.

What I have learned since finding it is that soldiers used to turn the shell casings and other remnants of war into decorative items. This one has a date from the 1940s on the bottom so it dates back to WWII. 

This may be the most historically interesting item that I have found, to date. 

365 Days of Junk - Day 27

Large Globe Shaped Vase 

And when I say large, it is LARGE. It is at least 3 feet tall and you have to S_T_R_E_T_C_H to reach your arms around it.

365 Days of Junk - Day 26

Wooden Coors Beer Barrel

This is a wooden Coors beer barrel with a top. I guess it's kind of like a wooden keg. It stands about as tall as a small end table. I think it could be fun in a ,an cave!