Unusual Antique Hand-carved Fragment Mirror Vesta with Slide Openings at Both Ends, Presumed Earlier 19th Century plumes and crayons on the the un-raised sections

on the the un-raised sections of the spine

I've set them flat and put some weight on them to flatten them out

It's nice and substantial

seems poised to nibble its way all the way down the row

with big black painted pupils

Unusual Antique Hand-carved Fragment Mirror Vesta with Slide Openings at Both Ends, Presumed Earlier 19th Century plumes and crayons on the the un-raised sectionsAn unusual little box, found in Lancaster County, the scale and shape of a vesta, which I think it was carved to be, but unusual for having slide openings on both ends. I presume it was the fragment of mirror that gave cause to the carving the box a precious thing, not to go to waste and were the box empty of matches, I presume the mirror could be used to spark a fire. I also presume the twice recessed long side of the box was meant for striking said