Charming c. 1900 Hand-engraved Brass Vesta or Card Case with Ballerina antique hair heavy and sturdy

heavy and sturdy

but I personally love the fact that they are now entirely archaic unless one happens to have a 19th c

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Perhaps the blue tower in the background is a castle

Charming c. 1900 Hand-engraved Brass Vesta or Card Case with Ballerina antique hair heavy and sturdyI really love the ballerina hand engraved on this case, executed with wonderful attention to detail from those eyes cast off to one side, to those long fingers and pointed toes, to all of those great ruffles in between! C. 1900 I believe, and I take it for a vesta, for matches, but the knowledgable dealer I purchased it from classified it as a card case. In an event, I think quite a charmer, just the right size to carry around in one's pocket with