JW Wilson Salesman Sample Buggy Seat sugar bowl Exhibits a large candy stain

Exhibits a large candy stain on the right front pocket

This piece features a detailed illustration of a sundae and would have been placed in a diner or drugstore that sold ice cream to make it appear as if the sign was manufactured by that particular business

Ottoman: 26"W x 21"D x 18"H

Embossed brass belt commemorating 100 years of the telephone

Vintage figural Art Deco lamp

JW Wilson Salesman Sample Buggy Seat sugar bowl Exhibits a large candy stain1890s 1910s; JW Wilson's Swing Seat, Manchester, NH. In the late 1800s, drivers of wagons and heavy carriages known as "drays" had a problem, and this wooden salesman sample seat provided a solution. John W. Wilson explains his invention in his patent for 'Swing Seat for Drays' on April 7, 1898, starting at line 12, "Drivers of heavy trucks and wagon experience much annoyance and often suffer injury from the severe shock encountered in driving over