Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic and with the end tip

and with the end tip of the wood actually being a plug that pulls out

as many of the flasks are etched with an "NY"

I had not seen a box like this one before I found it

its front paws about to hit one edge and its hind leg and fluffy tail the other

21 3/8" not including post x 7 3/8 x 7/8

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic and with the end tipWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a