European Vintage Grain Bag, Bearing Owner's Stamp

Tan sack with a single blue stripe and a name in Gothic lettering.

This vintage linen grain bag bearing the owner's stamp is ca. 1900. In rural Europe, grain was long stored and carried in sacks of hand-woven linen or hemp, which were durable and could be mended and reused. Lofty rectangular sack in a warm oatmeal tone with one vertical stripe in blue-gray down the middle. The stenciled lettering reads Michael Kuhn in Gutzingen, and a small pale scrap clings to the edge. It is 20.5 inches wide and 48.5 long.

Sturdy, stripe-adorned, and not at all vague about ownership.