Clever Little Late Victorian Flask Shaped Leather and SIlver Plate Vesta wax or possibly a tropical wood)

or possibly a tropical wood) and I believe likely dates to about 1900 or so

whose last name I can't quite read

and like a metaphor too

And then this great hand at the very center

Clever Little Late Victorian Flask Shaped Leather and SIlver Plate Vesta wax or possibly a tropical wood)I found this and a second antique vesta at an antiques shop in Vermont this week there were several more as well, clearly one person's collection. Just like an antique pocket flask in miniature, this one dates to the late 19th century I believe, and I believe the body is silver plate, with leather covering the top half. Hinged at the shoulders, it is rather a satisfying thing to pop it open, with room for a handful of matches inside or a good secret