Brass Vintage Adjustable Standing Magnifying Glass laundry The chest measures 10 7/8”

The chest measures 10 7/8” wide x 8 1/8” x 9 3/4” tall

but have learned that it is an antique snuff box representative of a whole genre of figurative birch snuff boxes made in the 18th and 19th century in Scandinavia and Germany

Just a really sweet piece

but the bristles are in great shape and it remains a very lovely and useful thing

Brass Vintage Adjustable Standing Magnifying Glass laundry The chest measures 10 7/8”I found this standing magnifying glass buried deep in the basement at the estate sale of an avid collector (approaching hoarder) especially of Victoriana. I don't think it's especially old, but I can just picture him sitting at his work table using it to examine and perhaps tinker old watches, stamps, toys and much beyond. It's a useful one, with screws at three different points for precisely adjusting the height and angle of the lens, all of which