Excellent Antique Carved Wooden (Presumed Odd Fellowsl) "I" in Best Red, Blue and Gold Paint black Americana tin toy black painted tin rooster with

black painted tin rooster with lots of character--and what a great jagged outline to those gnarly yellow feet

including sun at the center of the underside

I've actually found a few other examples of leather wallets (I think actually cigarette cases) with hand-tooled and hand drawn designs on their fronts

8 1/4" x 5 15/16" and in very good condition

or maybe all the more so because of it

Excellent Antique Carved Wooden (Presumed Odd Fellowsl) "I" in Best Red, Blue and Gold Paint black Americana tin toy black painted tin rooster withI would guess this hand carved wooden capital "I" in original paint was once joined by an OOF, to stand for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; I do not know that for certain but have a pretty good hunch. But, really, what more does one need than an "I"??! Independent, individual, iconic! And of course a bold, gilded "I", with some American red and blue to boot, seems to pretty much perfectly describe this era; me me me! 8" t x 3 1 2" w x 1 7 8" d.