Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma Most are marked with hand-written

Most are marked with hand-written point values on one side

so probably best just for the shelf

Most of the wood or bone cases for needles or bodkins that I have seen are more or less cylindrical

The piece consists of a front and back cover tied together with a piece of rope

and know that these flasks were very popular with soldiers

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma Most are marked with hand-writtenThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it (sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc.) Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old