Clinton Farmer's Exchange c. 1940s Kitchen Reminder Brown Grocery Bags - A Dozen vintage whist marker a flag pole sans flag

a flag pole sans flag

The lid is composed of two pieces

I am uncertain as to whether it is bronze cast or iron cast with bronze finish (it is quite heavy for its size)

The elegant

so would have had at least a couple of more mallets

Clinton Farmer's Exchange c. 1940s Kitchen Reminder Brown Grocery Bags - A Dozen vintage whist marker a flag pole sans flagBrilliant! I'm not sure if one would keep a stack of these bags on hand at home or just fill them out at the store, but either way I assume they'd hand them to a clerk at the Clinton Farmers Exchange to gather the groceries circled. Either way, what a great device for merging a grocery list and a grocery bag in one, and perfect now for taking to the store filled out in advance. Of course one might need to make some handwritten additons to the list,