Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside lidded micmac basket The vase is overall in

The vase is overall in very good condition

whether there is a loop for tethering it

like little Frank Stellas

The figures are a bit curious too--often scrimshawed pieces were made as love tokens

with some staining to the piece of blue card as evident

Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside lidded micmac basket The vase is overall inHard to photograph this one due to the shine, but quite a treasure I think a trench art piece, mid 20th c. I believe, which I believe would have functioned as a cigarette case, with a strap on side of the interior for holding them in. The hand engraved exterior is fun man in loin cloth with stallion as if straight out of a romance novel on one side, young woman with beach ball on the other but it's the erotic nudes on the interior that really make it;