Hudson Bay Tobacco / Fire Starting Box MTO Regency Gown market wallets were very popular

market wallets were very popular for shopping trips and trips to the market place

Wool has never looked so refined

each piece is elegant as well as functional

Sturdy with a decorative feel

and a dark coloured great coat

Hudson Bay Tobacco / Fire Starting Box MTO Regency Gown market wallets were very popularConstructed off of a museum original, brass boxes like this were a very popular trade item stocked by Hudson Bay Company, Northwest Company, and many others during the fur trade era. A high quality 6 power magnifier is located in the friction fit lid and has a separate lens cover to protect it. The magnifier is perfect for lighting pipes and campfires while the inner tin is great for keeping tobacco or tinder for fires. Measures 4 5 16" x 3" x 1 3 16"