1919 Biddle Sport, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 antique parquetry blocks all but one of the

all but one of the original nails on the body of the box are in place

this one large enough to hold all sorts of things should one want to put it to use

should you purchase this and not be completely happy with it

This pair is heavy enough to hold up even the heaviest row of art books--or perhaps  ideally a bunch of tomes about self sufficiency

How nice to throw this lovely pair of antique French Traveler’s clothes brushes into one's suitcase atop a pile of carefully folded clothes when setting off on a long trip

1919 Biddle Sport, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 antique parquetry blocks all but one of theThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,