Shoeshine Box

Shoeshine Box

Wooden shoeshine Kit containing brushes and shoe polish A; shoeshine box made of wood and stained dark brown rectangular in shape with an open top which has a hinged lid fitted with dowels. The lid can be folded back at the center reveling a wooden shoe rest on the top. The rest is shaped like the bottom of a shoe and has cork glued to the bottom of it. The inside shelf is covered with a sheet of cork that has marks from shoe polish. At the lower front is a bin shaped drawer which is held with dowels at the bottom front so that it can be tipped open. Two dowels on the inside front prevent the bin from opening too far. There is a wooden horizontal shaped handle on the front of the bin. B:Shoe brush H: 2" L: 7.5" D: 2.25" top is made from an oblong shaped piece of wood which is curved on the topa nd the ends. And has a groove on either side for a better grip. Impressed in the top are black letters "Esquire Boot Polish USA". There e are clumps of coarse hair bristles in black and brown across the bottom the wood. C: Shoe brush H: 1.5" L: 6.5" D: 1.75" the handle and the base of the brush are made of one piece of wood rounded at both ends and narrower at one end. On the handle end of the brush is black writing: Sterilized hair made in USA". The bristles are black and inserted into the wood inbnches. There are red colored stains from shoe polish around the bristles. D: shoe Brush H: 2" L: 6" W: 1.25" hollow metal handle with a hole at one end extends to become part of the brush base which ends in raised point for prying lids of shoe polish cans and this is attached d to a circular metal ring which holds the blond colored animal hair bristles. Engraved in the top of the brush base are "Parks & Parks Inc. C.P.E. Troy N.Y." E: white Glass jar of leather cream H: 2.5" Dia: 2" the glass has striated sides and recessed bottom the lid is metal painted pink on the inside and pink in the center with aqua colored ring around the outside. On the pink circle is illustration in black and white next to black lettering: "Lady Esquire duplex Neutral leather Cream." Jar is fille d with yellow colored waxy substance. F: Brush H: .625" L: 6.25" W: .5" In the form of a tooth brush but used for shoes mauve and white plastic handle with engraved lettering Pro Double Duty. There is a hole in the end of the handle and at the other end are blond colored bristles surrounding blue colored bristles the back is stained pink. G: Package of shoe laces 4" X .75" two black cotton flat shoe laces are folded side by side and held together with a blue and white wrapper sealed at the back. In the center "Sears" is repeated three times and around the edges "27 inch" is printed in blue. H & I: two foam rubber polishers H: 2.75" W: 5.25" to form polishers a rectangular shaped piece of foam rubber has been squeezed in the middle and stapled in place. A pink felt cloth is fastened around the bottom section. And a piece of clear is attached to the top. Brown printing on the plastic "Hotel Satellite Roma-Lido- Areoporto" inside a ring with the image of a satellite. To the right "Gran Galla Special Shoe Cleaner". There are other words in Italian French and German. J: Broken plastic brush 5.5" X 1.25". Ji: White plastic bristled brush mounted inside a yellow plastic end. Jii - iii: Two yellow plastic holders which originally were fastened around the brush so that it could be retracted or extended.

1998.053