Modern Prophecy, Early 19th C. Engraved Brass Snuff Box with Imagined Flying Machine wooden gear What we learn mostly about

What we learn mostly about Lena is that she is

though very sad that this wonderful yellow airplane should go up in flames

Black and red ink on lined paper

These were observed

I'm not totally sure what these were made to be used for--perhaps something related to fishing

Modern Prophecy, Early 19th C. Engraved Brass Snuff Box with Imagined Flying Machine wooden gear What we learn mostly aboutThis! My very favorite Brimfield find I think a Georgian (earlyish 19th c. British) snuff box, engraved with the "Modern Prophecy" of a flying machine. I love archaic futuristic visions of all sorts, and what a marvelous example this one is, with what looks like a steam powered mail box flapping its wings as it takes off from an elevated platform. Certainly the 19th century was full of ideas for air travel, fueled in part from the late 18th c.