Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box horsehair brush with wooden handle and engravings created by prominent

and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time

and I would guess was once a prized possession--and it would certainly make a wonderful anniversary gift now

it is marked Erphilia

I have found no other like it

thought his creations novel enough to have obtained a patent

Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box horsehair brush with wooden handle and engravings created by prominentI don't do much fishing, but I'm constantly struck by the beauty of old fishing gear, from lures to reels to old tackle boxes like this one. If not used for live bait, I might just fill it with paperclips and set it on the desk, or use the loops on the back (made for strapping to a belt) to hang it on the wall in the kitchen or bathroom filled with matches or bandaids or little objects or whatever. The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of