Old Climax Tobacco Plug Tin wall bird 2 1/4" x 1 3/4"

2 1/4" x 1 3/4"

But stable now and just great looking I think

It would be easy to have glass panes cut to lay on the back sides

dating  to the Civil War era

it features both wide and thin black elastic bands plus black ribbons for securing it firmly in place

Old Climax Tobacco Plug Tin wall bird 2 1/4" x 1 3/4"Just for funand for storing a tiny thing or two that gives one pleasure!:) A bit of history: Climax tobacco Climax plug (chewing) tobacco was manufactured by the P. Lorillard Company, begining in the 1870s. The P. Lorillard Company was founded in 1760 by Pierre Lorillard I, and is the United States oldest tobacco company. It began by manufacturing snuff at the snuff mill that is now part of the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx! Pierre Lorillard