Haas Leather and Sundries

Maxim from an 18th century Plymouth, MA tombstone.

6 more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil says so. I’ll take it! Winter is just like summer except colder. 18th century ice skating, French, artist unknown

During the late 1600 and 1700s, puzzle jugs were popular drinking games in taverns and homes throughout Europe. Decorative perforations around the neck of this ...jug made it impossible to drink from without spillingunless one knew the secret. The hollow tubular rim, with one functioning nozzle and two or more "dummy" nozzles, is connected to the hollow handle, which forms a siphon from the lower body. The drinker must place a thumb over the small hole beneath the top of the handle to create a vacuum that will allow the liquid to be sucked up through the handle, around the rim, and out through the functioning nozzle. "Puzzle Jug," around 1760, Dutch http://ow.ly/I3Yi30r2or7

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