Saturday, February 04, 2006

Etymology: Yiddish tshatshke - trinket, from obsolete Polish czaczko



I have lots of crap, you know knick-knacks, ephemera, baubles, curios, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket, bric-a-brac, trumpery; trifle, figurines, objets d'art, souvenirs...tons of it. Here are two of my favorites, actually the same item in two different finishes. It depicts Cliff Edwards in blackface and is marked "Abneeb c. 1924." The coarser of the two is also marked "Made by Natl. Spec. Mfg. Co."

P.S. The camera on my phone is better than the digital number I bought recently...and the phone is rotary dial...I'll try for better ones later.

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