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Vintage Wingold Flour Bay State Milling Co Plaster Advertising String Holder - This is a promotional advertising string holder for Wingold Flour, produced for the Bay State Milling Co of Winona, Minnesota. The piece is constructed of plaster and shaped to resemble a miniature flour sack. It features raised relief lettering at the top reading WINGOLD and at the base reading FLOUR, both finished with red paint. A central circular paper decal in green and cream displays the Wingold script logo over a mill graphic, with text identifying the Bay State Milling Co and its location in Winona, Minnesota. The item is hollow-backed and includes a small aperture in the center of the letter O in FLOUR and another in the interior base to facilitate the dispensing of string. A metal loop is embedded at the top of the reverse for wall mounting. Height: 7.75 inches Width: 5.25 inches.