London Brick Company Old "Cellular" Brick Salesman Sample happy family all pretty much the same

all pretty much the same size

Made of tin

This lovely little olive wood snuff box was purchased in France years ago

but all of the lids come off easily and close tight

fashioned out of a King Perfectos cigar box

London Brick Company Old "Cellular" Brick Salesman Sample happy family all pretty much the sameMy interest in salesman samples on occasion is somewhat less for their own sake as samples (though of course I love all things miniature, and the concept of a salesman sample is a good thing) but rather more so for their resonance as specific objects. In this case, it is the word "CELLULAR" impressed into the brick that makes it for me describing the form of the brick, divided into three sections, clearly, and also calling to mind cells in a prison,