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And it is quite a rare one
and adhered to pale blue backing paper
features a figure ice fishing
Gendun Drub (b
I might guess some of the value of this card has come from the (mis)association of the two
The Beehive Moneycomb, Punny (and Metaphorical Feeling) c. 1940s Still Bank organic modern And it is quite aPretty clever, and a pretty excellent object I think; I find it hard to resist a beehive shaped anything, and all the better with a big bee cast on the front! At the same time, with its golden brass finish, and "MONEYCOMB" in capital italics, I can't help but think of it as a metaphor for plutocracy! Ah, I will try to relinquish this lens through which I seem to be regarding everything at the moment. but our material culture is so rife with metaphors!
