This is a pair of vintage miniature trowels that are advertising premiums from Houston, Texas businesses.  

One has a brass blade engraved – To Cement Our Friendship, Advance Advertising Corp. Houston 1, Texas. Sample #700.  Wood handle.  It is 6-1/8” long.  Condition:  tarnish and scratching to the brass blade.

The second is engraved – Build With Stone-Tile, Permanent Construction, W.D. Haden Co. Cement, Gravel, Sand, Shell.  WD Haden was a Houston, Texas building materials company.  Wood handle.  Slightly smaller than the other at 5-1/2” long.  Condition:  the steel blade was plated but now shows much tarnish and wear, the advertising is difficult to read, it has not been polished, the ring on the wood handle is loose.

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