Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O boat with some age to it

with some age to it I think

and while I'm not sure

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

and altogether makes one want to find a good spot to display it--or perhaps better

otherwise both in very good condition

Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O boat with some age to itA 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