Antique Book Shaped Slide Whistle with Surprise Heart and Scale, Working Beautifully antique dog cabinet card He took note of the

He took note of the "v" insignias on the sleeves of both men's frock coats

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I pass by a lot of old pyrographed boxes as the imagery tends to be fairly repetitive

Antique Book Shaped Slide Whistle with Surprise Heart and Scale, Working Beautifully antique dog cabinet card He took note of theTruly a wonderful thing. Shaped like a book, at first I thought this was an old spruce gum box always something to get excited about! but then I saw the hole (called a fipple, I've learned) at the base of spine side, and the carved knob at the top, and I realized it might be an extra beautiful slide whistle. Once I had it out of the case at the shop where I spotted it, I discovered to my great delight that the slide was carved out with a big heart