Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O boat Some wear to the box

Some wear to the box including a stain and  "Peterson" written on the front

with the string appearing very clean

and pips showing pretty paper watermarks

Linsley was described as “one of the best known of the old time railroad men

and while I'm not sure

Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O boat Some wear to the boxA lovely little box and a clever one too, with the image of a young woman fishing surely a metaphor for the box's contents makeup to assist in the art of seduction (or, more crassly, in fishing for a mate!) Made of celluloid with embossed brass around the sides and the image a hand colored engraving printed on cloth. I am not completely certain if a patch box, for beauty marks to be adhered to the face, or for rouge powder, but I believe one or the