Great Old Copper Painted Tin Presumed Map Sleeve new bedford sea moss Really a wonderful ink drawing

Really a wonderful ink drawing on this antique postcard

whose posture

but I might think it's a robed monk (

and it is quite a nicely sized sampler

Great Old Copper Painted Tin Presumed Map Sleeve new bedford sea moss Really a wonderful ink drawingI aways grab metal sleeves like this when I find them (not very often!) as they're excellent to throw in the car or flea market bag when one is out hoping always! to find old drawings and prints. It's definitely old, and oblong rather than round I assume made for military use holding maps but unusual in form. At 16 inches it's an easy one to carry around, so I think it's just right, and the lid slides on easily and holds tightly closed to well protect