The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama Stanlo I think it makes for

I think it makes for quite a satisfying tabletop object just on its own--the wood is beautiful and the elongated egg form really elegant--though it would be fun to see it put to use as the topper for a whole new construction

I believe this was once either lidded or made to carry

great anywhere

Each measures 12 3/8" tall x 4" wide x 2" deep without candles

Though I haven't embarked on handling actual quilts

The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama Stanlo I think it makes forYou may be better at deciphering the long note written in very small print on the back of this real photo postcard than I, but I can decipher the date of October, 8, 1917, and the location, Seacroft. And I can make out that the diorama captured by the photographer was the creation of the child, showing the Meccano Destroyer off to "pick the huns" with huns, I believe, slang for Germans. Of course me its all about the diorama, with wonderfully folky