Big Hair, Cross, Bushes, Joyful Vintage Snapshot sewing kit in metal tube rich red Ace of Hearts

rich red Ace of Hearts

I just think these are really beautiful objects--and actually pretty handy too for measuring the diameters of smallish roundish things

I'd think mid 20th century or so though am not entirely certain

The hinges are firmly attached and operate smoothly

I’m a fan of mid-century Lapid

Big Hair, Cross, Bushes, Joyful Vintage Snapshot sewing kit in metal tube rich red Ace of HeartsA total delight of a snapshot. What a smile! And what hair! Hard to be sure quite where it ends and the foliage on the shore behind her begins. Love. 4 5 8 x 3 1 4. There is a small black mark, ink I believe, visible on her face (shot here with magnification.) Pretty minor, it took me photographing this to notice it at all.