Brass Vintage Adjustable Standing Magnifying Glass laundry but the bristles are in

but the bristles are in great shape and it remains a very lovely and useful thing

complete with bags underneath

The chest measures 10 7/8” wide x 8 1/8” x 9 3/4” tall

Just a really sweet piece

but have learned that it is an antique snuff box representative of a whole genre of figurative birch snuff boxes made in the 18th and 19th century in Scandinavia and Germany

Brass Vintage Adjustable Standing Magnifying Glass laundry but the bristles are inI found this standing magnifying glass buried deep in the basement at the estate sale of an avid collector (approaching hoarder) especially of Victoriana. I don't think it's especially old, but I can just picture him sitting at his work table using it to examine and perhaps tinker old watches, stamps, toys and much beyond. It's a useful one, with screws at three different points for precisely adjusting the height and angle of the lens, all of which