SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron handmade wooden cow Signed Richard Hubbard in numerous

Signed Richard Hubbard in numerous places in pencil on the reverse

but unusual in my experience to find a round one

(And I love the Russian doll sort of nesting effect

with the silver plate polishing up nicely

with the little wire-legged birds on either side riding along for company

SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron handmade wooden cow Signed Richard Hubbard in numerousFound in Maine, but I believe the Herald American refers to the Chicago Herald American, published in Chicago 1939 1953. I spotted it pinned up on a white wall in an antiques shop and thought the much worn, faded and stained orange canvas extraordinary beautiful and perfectly, poignantly right for a newspaper seller's apron (from the days when the paper was the thing) bearing such an iconic feeling phrase. With the word "herald," as both noun and