Barbour's Irish Flax Thread Hand-reading Victorian Era Trade Card old wood 4 7/8" tall x 1

4 7/8" tall x 1 5/8" diameter

I have not touched it but one could clean it up a bit if desired

such that the arms and legs can be manipulated some

making me think maybe a snuff box instead

Barbour's Irish Flax Thread Hand-reading Victorian Era Trade Card old wood 4 7/8" tall x 1How could I resist a trade card that also delivered fortunes based on the shape of one's hand?! I think it's really great looking on the front with this fan formed by hands and shells on the corners, and then on the back we learn that the "spatulate hand" indicates an often tyrannical disposition, while pointy hands mean love of beauty (though excessive imagination!) and then all sorts of details about square hands including reading of the lines of