Old Store Stock Wm Barbour Irish Linen Thread

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Old Store Stock Wm Barbour Irish Linen Thread

As time moves us further into the 21st century and further away from a time when one could go to the local mercantile or dry goods store for a ball of thread, just merely holding this in hand made my heart ache (just a little) for that simpler time.

Presented here is a rare and unusual find: 2 boxes - one unopened (from the back storeroom), still wrapped in its pristine packaging; the other, a work in progress direct from the dry goods store shelf. Here we have two artifacts from the late 19th C frozen in time that had been packed away and preserved to be discovered at a later time after the store had closed.

Both boxes measure 12 inches long by 4 1/2 inches wide by 11/2 inches deep.

The unwrapped box is in excellent condition with the lid graphics being nice and bright and showing very little signs of wear. The graphics, of course, are eye-catching: that red hand with the word "FLAX" printed upon it sends a giddy smile to one' s face.

Upon opening, one is exposed to a "sweet treat for the eyes" as the interior's blue and white paper lace embellishment is still intact. Six robin's egg blue cardboard containers, each their own thread dispenser complete with hole in hand, remain; all in very good condition.

The wrapped box is, in itself, a wonderment of advertising and promotion complete with a lovely graphic and explanation of what lies within as well as the familiar red seal one sees on spools of Barbour's Irish Linen Thread. Of particular amusement is the back label that states, "These goods have been put up by No. 32. Should you find anything wrong kindly return this ticket."

All in all, a spectacular find and one we just have the opportunity to come across any longer in this day and age.

Price: SOLD

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