Painterly Early 20th Century Photo of Man with Line of Fish football shaped tin box very rich patina to the

very rich patina to the bronze (you can see by comparing to the underside)

would be issued in 1842

I've only recently learned that carved wooden "whimsies" like this one are a thing

with velvet exterior

from the drivers carefully rendered in profile

Painterly Early 20th Century Photo of Man with Line of Fish football shaped tin box very rich patina to theI love this image and find it very poetic, specificity falling to silhouette, and with the drape of those fish on their (imagined) line creating a very beautiful gesture. Super painterly and evocative, hovering in between resolving and dissolving. 5 3 4" x 3 1 2", very good condition, matte surface, real photo postcard weight.