Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina risque The guiding handle which runs

The guiding handle which runs down the middle of his body

This striking geometric

I really don't think these detract but rather contribute to its wonderful patina

who found it and many other carvings at a sale in Newburyport

8 1/2" d when collapsed

Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina risque The guiding handle which runsThis box is just about the ultimate embodiment of the phrase 'patina of use' and is packed with enough information to write a novel about it. It was designed to house glass lantern slides and haul them around in this case for four lectures on the Life of Christ (as noted on a typed sticker on the outside of the box as well as hand written on cardboard inside) presumably delivered by a traveling minister or missionary representing the New York Sunday