1880's MISSIONARY COLLECTION BOX. Fantastic Custom / Naive / Folk Seaman's Mission Box! Civil War and editor

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Comprising an Outline of Church History

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1880's MISSIONARY COLLECTION BOX. Fantastic Custom / Naive / Folk Seaman's Mission Box! Civil War and editorThis is a really wonderful display item and physical artifact of the missionary revival of the of the mid to late 19th century. Dating is unclear, though we would suggest somewhere between the 1880's and 1890's. Measuring 4 x 5 x 6. 5 inches, this is a slightly larger format box. What's fascinating about it is that it is entirely a one off, constructed or adapted from some other form for the Seaman's Mission. Mounted on top is a solid brass relcining