Modern Prophecy, Early 19th C. Engraved Brass Snuff Box with Imagined Flying Machine ancient roman unguentarium though some scholars view them

though some scholars view them as lacrimarium (tear vials--such a wonderful image) that were to be buried with the deceased

This is a set of 11

:) I think these are just fun

they are of the same width

but what a sweet pair

Modern Prophecy, Early 19th C. Engraved Brass Snuff Box with Imagined Flying Machine ancient roman unguentarium though some scholars view themThis! My very favorite Brimfield find I think a Georgian (earlyish 19th c. British) snuff box, engraved with the "Modern Prophecy" of a flying machine. I love archaic futuristic visions of all sorts, and what a marvelous example this one is, with what looks like a steam powered mail box flapping its wings as it takes off from an elevated platform. Certainly the 19th century was full of ideas for air travel, fueled in part from the late 18th c.