Candy Colored Vintage Salesman Sample Pill Capsules Encased Under Film, S.E. Messengill Co. wooden folk art animal Sold separately--price is per reel

Sold separately--price is per reel

and certainly do this one--a watchtower with windows on all sides (one might think of it as a surveillance station) flying an American flag

with a very satisfying reverse side too

I just like the dog faces carved into these wooden bookends

done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method

Candy Colored Vintage Salesman Sample Pill Capsules Encased Under Film, S.E. Messengill Co. wooden folk art animal Sold separately--price is per reelThese candy colored capsules are all the prettier in person really quite seductive! With a thin sheet over clear film adhered over the top of them, sealing them forever inside, and enhancing their bright and shiny sort of appeal. This sample box was produced by the S. E. Messengill Co. of Bristol, Tenn. (founded 1898). In 1937, the company became infamous for "the elixir sulfanilamide disaster," described as one of the most consequential mass