Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside lidded micmac basket The figures are a bit

The figures are a bit curious too--often scrimshawed pieces were made as love tokens

and is pretty smart looking in red and blue I think

The vase is overall in very good condition

7 1/4" long x 5 1/8" deep x 2 3/4" tall

Cream colored pieces show a little age/darkening

Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside lidded micmac basket The figures are a bitHard to photograph this one due to the shine, but quite a treasure I think a trench art piece, mid 20th c. I believe, which I believe would have functioned as a cigarette case, with a strap on side of the interior for holding them in. The hand engraved exterior is fun man in loin cloth with stallion as if straight out of a romance novel on one side, young woman with beach ball on the other but it's the erotic nudes on the interior that really make it;