Full Leather
Germany
Germany. Full Leather. Very Good. Highly unusual miniature book shaped liquor box. N.d., circa 1900. 53 by 31 mm. Inside the box is a miniature scotch bottle, complete with a cork. The bottle is now empty, but it looks as if it once did have the real stuff. We have seen and had book shaped flasks, but never before this have we experienced an object quite like this. The closest is a miniature box containing a perfume bottle. We can imagine that this novelty might have been a party favor of some sort, but we know nothing specific about its origin other than it was made in Germany notwithstanding the English title, which of course is meant as a joke. Light soiling on the front cover. Fading to the leather.
(Inventory #: 005079)