Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish Can, Early 20th C. haunting figure with the little circles representing

with the little circles representing holes in the ice--portals to the underwater world--but rather love that the figures seem more interested in the seals swimming around them

The front side features hand-drawn details on the face

with some wear to the paint

and I definitely did some dusting off on this one

Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish Can, Early 20th C. haunting figure with the little circles representingI don't know, sometimes a rusty old can just strikes me, as did this one, with its red, yellow and blue graphics that look very carnivalesque. The reverse side reveals that this Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish was manufactured by Hinds and Coon of Boston, MA a business which seems to still exist, though no longer on Pearl Street. I found out there one image of a receipt from the company dated 1910, featuring a Ruby Rub can looking very much like this one as