My opinion: The spelling is consistent, so whoever was setting the type was either using some convention I've never encountered or, if working...
The spelling is not something I've encountered. The use of "d" for "t", when "t" is available, is strange to me. The "f" looking "s" is standard...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Elphinston
I love business cards like that. (I'd love to have some of the 18th C examples of engraved trade cards.) What does it say under "Boston"?
I've heard plenty of stories of people finding money in books, but not me. Samples of 19th C ribbon from a mid-19th C Bible that has come down...
They look more African to me than Indian.
I wonder if it might have been a mini-strop for a razor? Maybe a knife-sharpener part of a desk set?
Perfect for the spokes of your bicycle!
I'm reading Nov. 2 and thinking that's months away. Ummm...
Maybe you could sell her as 5 o'clock shadow Midge.
I'd guess it was meant for a lamp.
Congrats on the sales! I'm surprised they let you list the Boucherer box. I listed a Cartier ring box once, and it got cancelled about an hour...
Here's similar described as Rennie Macintosh inspired (and I think that's fair): [ATTACH]
Found another online, but it doesn't add much and I think their description could be bettered,...
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Beautifully clean.
I know that with gold boxes, there were a lot of French style boxes produced (particularly in Switzerland) that carried spurious French marks,...
You would expect that in a snuff box. It's "up to snuff".
Could be a snuff box. How securely does it close?
Louis XIV [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
