C. 1880s Much Used Antique Tin Coin Bank handmade vintage ashtray but the blocks themselves are

but the blocks themselves are in great shape--nice patina but very little paint loss

but it seems quite possible it served as the original drawing upon which the printed cards were made

and a nice hook closure at front and hinge on back

but I think more specifically it's about the singular individuality of portraits and simultaneous sense of connection to broader humanity they offer

The paper was folding in thirds at some point but the fold lines are really not visible at all

C. 1880s Much Used Antique Tin Coin Bank handmade vintage ashtray but the blocks themselves areI really like the wear on this one, suggesting someone dropped a small fortune in it over the course of more than a century. There is also something a bit haunting to me about it, as if embodying a kind of desperation and or a crumbling of the literal and proverbial bank, or house, or church, which I believe it was actually meant to be, with pinnacles at each corner the points which are long since gone. 4 1 8" t x 2 3 8" w x 1 5 16" d. Structurally