Clever Little Late Victorian Flask Shaped Leather and SIlver Plate Vesta gray paint mail magazines etc

mail magazines etc

complete deck of 32  Piatnik & Söhne “Sehr Feine Aufschlagkarten” fortune telling cards

) consuming half the image

but well loved he certainly should be at this point

would once have been part of the scabbard or sheath for a ceremonial sword

Clever Little Late Victorian Flask Shaped Leather and SIlver Plate Vesta gray paint mail magazines etcI found this and a second antique vesta at an antiques shop in Vermont this week there were several more as well, clearly one person's collection. Just like an antique pocket flask in miniature, this one dates to the late 19th century I believe, and I believe the body is silver plate, with leather covering the top half. Hinged at the shoulders, it is rather a satisfying thing to pop it open, with room for a handful of matches inside or a good secret