What kind of woman, more than a century ago, might have carried a collection of objects as beautiful, mysterious, and dangerous as these? Hidden within an…
I’ve seen similar 19th century professional gambler kits (with cards and gun and accessories) and even a vampire hunter one with a stake and cross and the story seems generally to be they were put together to sell to rich rubes as novelty collectibles. In a “what exciting stories this evokes about the dangerous American west” sense. Of course now a curiosity in itself. But also likely a contemporary fake in a sense.
I’ve seen similar 19th century professional gambler kits (with cards and gun and accessories) and even a vampire hunter one with a stake and cross and the story seems generally to be they were put together to sell to rich rubes as novelty collectibles. In a “what exciting stories this evokes about the dangerous American west” sense. Of course now a curiosity in itself. But also likely a contemporary fake in a sense.
The case looks really artificially aged