Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina dark wood corkscrew printmaker and lithographer

printmaker and lithographer

A symbol of transition and transformation

5 3/4" long x 1 1/2" wide x 3/4" deep

So I was delighted to find this striking piece at an antique shop in Maine: a wooden tray with face constructed of matchsticks and inlaid wood

Visible image: 18 3/4" x 11 3/4"

Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina dark wood corkscrew printmaker and lithographerThis 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