Five Stages of Life, Plated brass, Rectangular, rounded sides and corners, featuring raised decoration of various character's heads, of different ages, young woman at top left, older man at top right, young girl at center, middle-aged man at bottom left, elderly man at bottom right, a few leaf motifs in-between, lid features partially visible fairy or angel-like, winged character who appears to be peering at group below, reverse unadorned except for raised scroll work at edges. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom., ca. 1890, containers, Decorative Arts, Matchsafe

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