Antique Jeweler's Magnifying Loupe (Presumed Echarco) in Original Box panama I believe this would have

I believe this would have been used for cooking as well as serving

but with pencil-drawn details

and appears to box

with a few small scrapes to the orange lacquer on the exterior and one crack to the black lacquer at the edge of one interior tray (see detailed photos)

with the patchwork of textiles forming her body feeling very very wabi sabi to me

Antique Jeweler's Magnifying Loupe (Presumed Echarco) in Original Box panama I believe this would haveI didn't know it when I found it, but I believe this magnifying "spectacle loupe" was made by Echarco, patented 1897, and though I've found a few records of them, they seem to be pretty coveted things, scooped up whenever they are listed. This one was clearly used, with cloth tape wrapped carefully around the lower rings, which of course makes me like it all the more. It's quite a nice thing to use, with the steel armature situating the lens the