Vintage Blackboard Europe Pulldown Map by Nystrom cigar ashtray whoch was part of a

whoch was part of a series of paintings detailing the life of a new family

This was acquired in a collection of many other vintage Japanese toys

Wear to the surface has softened some of the engraved text

The cabinet features a dense grid of graduated drawers arranged across nine rows

5" W x 9" D x 13

Vintage Blackboard Europe Pulldown Map by Nystrom cigar ashtray whoch was part of ac. 1940s 1950s; A. J. Nystrom & Co. Chicago, Illinois Striking black ground classroom map of Europe from Nystrom's "Royal Series," rendered with bold yellow linework and grid overlays. The composition features a high contrast design with coastlines, national boundaries, and latitude longitude lines crisply delineated against the dark field. Select regions most notably the British Isles and France retain hand applied or printed color accents in blue,