Great Old Make Do Cigar Box Marbles Solitaire Board antique whetstone This one belonged James Gifford

This one belonged James Gifford and dates to 1804

It seems at some point a previous (San Francisco-based) owner of this drawing pasted a blessing and inscribed a (biblical

I like glass place negatives that are great objects in and of themselves

The head is attached to the interior of the neck by a thin wire

and the tip

Great Old Make Do Cigar Box Marbles Solitaire Board antique whetstone This one belonged James GiffordThis super sweet old marbles solitaire board, fashioned out of a King Perfectos cigar box, is right up my alley in every way. Made from what was ready at hand, it's the perfect solution to needing a place to store marbles when not in play, and drilling holes in the lid the most perfectly direct way of making the board. Its maker also cared about aesthetics, painting it all a great dark red, and then pencil drawing the cross of the board, which to my