Syroco Pressed Wood Ornate Cigarette box and ashtray F*S 20160627_ETSY_inventory Battery: 2×mercury (later 2×silver oxide)

Battery: 2×mercury (later 2×silver oxide)

a convertible version that permits you to easily remove the tube and add a nose piece turning it into an f/2 Schmidt Camera

Connecticut in 1917

approx 6" by 6"

This is a Cottage model veneered shelf/mantle clock created at the time of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

Syroco Pressed Wood Ornate Cigarette box and ashtray F*S 20160627_ETSY_inventory Battery: 2×mercury (later 2×silver oxide)1920's vintage Syroco Pressed Wood Ornate Cigarette box and ashtray, deeply molded flowers and scrolls. This is obviously a cigarette case for desk or coffee table, but it could also be used for cards or on the vanity, for trinkets. It measures 6 7 8" x 4 3 4" x 2 inches. This is in very good, one edge of the ashtray base was cracked 60 years ago (by me) and my Father's hide glue repair is still intact. Syroco wood product pieces are extremely heavy