Old Hand Soldered Copper Lidded Case pine carving painted antique tinwork frame are

painted antique tinwork frame are a bit of a mystery to me

but this is the first of these Signal Card pocket books I've found

Plenty of wear including to the corners

There is some unevenness to the surface coloration

so I've divided them into suits

Old Hand Soldered Copper Lidded Case pine carving painted antique tinwork frame areI don't know the origins of this one, crafted of copper with hand soldered seams, but it's clearly got age to it, and I think is quite beautiful. A trench art match safe, or case for a tool? Whatever the case, a singular thing, useful now for all sorts of things, flammable or not. I especially like the right angled incision in the copper that runs across one side, evincing a patch, though it does not seem to go all the way through. Nice weight, nice