Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates early snuff box with some mottling to the

with some mottling to the glaze and a bit of variation on one side

The forms of the flowers and vines and basket are certainly akin to fraktur watercolors

The color is bright and saturated and the stock is matte

4 1/2” d x 3”  t and in very good antique condition

early 20th century

Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates early snuff box with some mottling to theYou know I love a book that has lived a life, and this is very much one of those I think its original seafaring owner likely slept with it under his pillow! The book is Seamanship Examiner and Instructor of Masters and Mates for the Marine Board Examination in Canada by John St. Vincent McNally, published in 1873. Photos give a good sense: the endpapers are entirely consumed with notes and calculations (including related to the positions of stars),