Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic I love that the sides

I love that the sides of the box are left exposed

7 3/4" long and in very good condition

I had not seen a box like this one before I found it

and with the end tip of the wood actually being a plug that pulls out

Certainly it takes a certain sort of person to look at this one and think its one of the most beautiful things in the world--but here we are

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic I love that the sidesWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a