Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger I believe this one was

I believe this one was made by the Weston Toy Company in Weston

There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string--I might suggest from the ceiling so as to float in mid-air like the sun

as if levitating on his own

Soiled and darned to death but not at all delicate and holding together most incredibly

when Rue du Rampart in Paris ceased to exist

Excellent Antique Make Do Ladle with Hall & Elton Spoon Handle folk art hanger I believe this one wasA beautifully concise antique example of "make do," this is a mid 19th century Hall & Elton spoon handle that was wed (riveted) long ago to a large, shallow round bowl (looks to me like the piece was cut from a tin can then soldered to "tin" it) to make a ladle. Excellent. And useful still, though I'd be inclined to rest it on a couple of nails on the wall. Hall & Elton of Geneva, NY (distinct from Hall Elton Co of Wallingford, CT) operated just from