Amos J. Blake's Lovely 1892 Copper Rivets Box (With Contents!) miniature shoe form which rather matches the swirls

which rather matches the swirls of his hair

they are pretty tightly bound

And both are hollow on the interiors so that teeny tiny things might be stored inside

I tend to lean toward the first reading

lots of math and lots of beautifully handwritten rules

Amos J. Blake's Lovely 1892 Copper Rivets Box (With Contents!) miniature shoe form which rather matches the swirlsIt's the lovely handwritten paper label on the side of this box that sold me on it, but the box itself, made I believe of walnut, is itself very lovely, and inside are, indeed, a whole bunch of antique copper rivets and some other bits besides. I found these in New Hampshire and have found a definitely record for the Amos J. Blake (1836 1925) that they belonged to: a prominent attorney of Rindge, NH, whose home in nearby Fitzwilliam has since been