Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic Certainly it takes a certain

Certainly it takes a certain sort of person to look at this one and think its one of the most beautiful things in the world--but here we are

as many of the flasks are etched with an "NY"

It is in such pristine condition it looks as if it might have been done yesterday

and with the end tip of the wood actually being a plug that pulls out

21 3/8" not including post x 7 3/8 x 7/8

Memory Ware Jug with Pair of Tintype Portraits, c. Early 20th century microscopic Certainly it takes a certainWhile I appreciate them, I don't usually go for memory jugs; somehow they tend to feel a bit too cumbersome, or messy, or clunky, or something, to me. But I fell for this one, of just the right scale for my taste, and with what I find a very satisfying feeling of resolve and succinctness to it. Lots embedded in it to discover, including many sorts of buttons, a bennington marble, a bisque baby head (and a leg elsewhere too), a soldier tobacco tag, a