Ceiling Hung Christmas Tree! Antique Snapshot Photo wood mold green and yellow hats

green and yellow hats

perhaps his son

Engravings measure 7 3/8" x 4 3/8"

8 11/16” t x 6 15/16” w x 3/4” d

I believe it is an old saddle maker’s vise —it would have been attached to a bench with a lever below

Ceiling Hung Christmas Tree! Antique Snapshot Photo wood mold green and yellow hatsI hadn't realized that ceiling hung Christmas trees had become a thing again when I found this old photo; I guess they have but this photo captures a late 19th early 20th c. iteration of the phenomenon, rare and fun to see! It is speculated that the practice may have originally related to the representation of the Holy Trinity, but it seems to have become especially popular as a space saving device! Quite a wonderfully decorated tree here, with paper