Graphic 1877 DF & L Ventilator Grate in Original Paint knot the exact year faded by

the exact year faded by 1890s it looks to me

Boston envelope

With a little research I found an exact match of this guy on First Dibs (listed by a Belgian seller at $450)--ridiculous

and the faces and hair and hats

And then those teeth

Graphic 1877 DF & L Ventilator Grate in Original Paint knot the exact year faded byJust a great looking thing. I've had one other of these and will always grab them when I see them because they're just so graphically satisfying and pretty fun to operate, too. Produced by DF & L with an 1887 patent date; I haven't found out most anything about the company, but believe they were New England based as that's where these seem to surface. The center dial on this one turns very smoothly to open or close it, and the original baby blue