Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock pocket toy 3 3/4" x 2 5/8"

3 3/4" x 2 5/8" x 1 1/16"

and ready to be used

Done in pencil on the back of a report card

The year 1855 appears on one plate

a perfect case in point

Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock pocket toy 3 3/4" x 2 5/8"I wouldn't have predicted one of my favorite finds ever would be a dirty old sock, but what a sock this is! Darned and darned and darned some more, heel, toe, top, bottom, and up the back pure darning terminating in a point that makes the whole think look a little like a Jack in the Pulpit. What a wonder, and about as pure an embodiment of endurance, and resilience, and labor born of necessity as one could imagine. Though not the least bit religious,