Thursday, July 16, 2009

Things that I love...


Mecha-lion and friend!Tiny teapot made from an old wheat penny! It's jail art!
Once on antiques roadshow (heart) I saw a sweet piece of jail art. Someone had carved a whole bunch of peach pits to look like monkeys! If I remember correctly, the monkeys were gambling!
Found it! Monkeys!
Enjoy!
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 16, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    i too love antiques roadshow! my boyfriend dennis & i watch it every week! that jail art is amazing! gosh everything i say is ended by a exclamation point! must get serious. ha!

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  2. CatherineJuly 16, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    it's actually made from an indian head penny, which means it is from before 1909. also, do you know the whole story behind it? or do i need to confiscate that sucker?

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  3. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 4:50 AM

    As Catherine said...It IS an indian head cent made mostly in Minn.State prison in the 1920's-30's.The gaurd's/staff took these into town to sell with profits going to prison&somtimes to inmates,Kinda like "slave labor".They also came in box's marked as such.Check out the"PENNY LADY"...( GOOGLE SEARCH )

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  4. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 4:50 AM

    As Catherine said...It IS an indian head cent made mostly in Minn.State prison in the 1920's-30's.The gaurd's/staff took these into town to sell with profits going to prison&somtimes to inmates,Kinda like "slave labor".They also came in box's marked as such.Check out the"PENNY LADY"...( GOOGLE SEARCH )

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  5. UnknownJanuary 15, 2017 at 8:35 AM

    Also a removable lid is much rarer then then ones that don't.

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