Vintage Salesman Sample Keychains Display on Sky Blue Board antique marble mosaic game As a child of the

As a child of the 70s I have a particular penchant for pieces like this

with  paint loss to some of the of the solid colored sides and only the lid of the box still around

though it is unsigned and I am not certain of how old it is

If you are like me

I usually lay everything out on the floor or table

Vintage Salesman Sample Keychains Display on Sky Blue Board antique marble mosaic game As a child of theI've come to think of what drives my attraction to many things as object empathy, and this salesman sample featuring 19 metal key chains, tops glued down, chains just dangling, a few with no chains at all, and the 20th spot empty provokes a lot of empathy! Feels a bit lonely and forlorn to me, in a poignant way, and good as a symbolic metaphorical object too no keys, access denied, lots of void! And with the one gold toned chain jumping out as if to