Lovely Small Collection of Early Paper Rewards of Merit with Hand-coloring moving parts quite a charming one I

quite a charming one I think

or as beautiful small wall shelves with the addition of a small hook on the backs

I was really excited to find this

I believe this was made to function as a vesta rather than as a snuff box

The bottle is dated 1953

Lovely Small Collection of Early Paper Rewards of Merit with Hand-coloring moving parts quite a charming one IMy love for antique rewards of merit is ever growing (and I've just order a used copy of the definitive book on them, by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa) but it is mostly ones from the earlier rather than the late 19th century that I'm interested in. I bought a larger lot of them at a show last week in order to get these lovelies, and this group of six seemed a nice small group to list as a set, I believe the right center and right lower one the