1935 Ruxton Convertible Coupe, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 fraktur lettering dagger in the other

dagger in the other

Bell-shaped porcelain candle snuffers like this were made by a few different English and German producers in the 19th century

and "Denmark" pressed along the bottom edge

very heavy weight canvas

Northwest Coast

1935 Ruxton Convertible Coupe, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 fraktur lettering dagger in the otherThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,