1894 Van Hornesville, NY First Annual Odd Fellows Ball Invitation Flores Imperio candleholders and this one has a

and this one has a lovely softness about it

I assume by a onetime owner who assembled it

with the only loss I believe a bit of the black horsehair at the end

One finds some wonderful old hand-carved barber shop poles and signs

revealing fat stripe of dentine straight down the length of the belly

1894 Van Hornesville, NY First Annual Odd Fellows Ball Invitation Flores Imperio candleholders and this one has aHard to beat an all seeing eye, and I think the golden rays framing this one are especially good, as is the lettering on the banner hanging below it. With three gold links from which that blue banner hangs. Looks like silkscreen to me, printed on the face of an invitation to the First Annual Ball of the the Van Hornesville (NY) Lodge, 1894 to which "yourself and ladies" were invited! 5" x 3 1 2" closed. Dramatic toning to the front, which I like.