Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish Can, Early 20th C. haunting figure surrounded by young attendants

surrounded by young attendants

structurally sound and sturdy and with many good years of use left in it

7 1/4 tall x 5 1/2" long x 2 1/4" wide and in great condition with a nice sense of age to the color

I have found one other similar pair online dated to the 1920s

Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish Can, Early 20th C. haunting figure surrounded by young attendantsI 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