J.L Hammett Co. Antique School Supplies Salesman Samples - Full Box John E. Coppess Image size: 13 1/8" x

Image size: 13 1/8" x 8 1/2"

Thanks to the original research of another seller out there who found a similar toy and did a lot of digging to figure out its origins (these are quite rare

threaded with elastic inside

coming near

I might think it may once have been used as a calling card tray

J.L Hammett Co. Antique School Supplies Salesman Samples - Full Box John E. Coppess Image size: 13 1/8" xIt was really fun to find this full box yesterday, sold to me by a former school teacher in Concord, NH, who had been pretty excited to find it herself! All housed in their original box are two types of chalkboard erasers (invented by Hammett), a gorgeous sample book of a rainbow array of construction papers, a couple of ink pens, a ruler, pair of envelopes with different closures, and a whole array of different types of notebooks and writing pads (12