Line, Volume, Tone, Shadow, Beautiful c. 1940s Velox Snapshot of Architectural Model elegant wooden citrus reamer and I snatched it immediately

and I snatched it immediately

The three-ring logo was so successful that it was instantly recognizable throughout the eastern United States where Ballantine was sold

14 x 8 1/16"

The text relates to everything from the making of linen to the properties of gold and silver to the value of books--itself quite a wonderful read

I have no idea the origins of their strange fellow

Line, Volume, Tone, Shadow, Beautiful c. 1940s Velox Snapshot of Architectural Model elegant wooden citrus reamer and I snatched it immediatelyMaybe no words needed here, just many good things rolled into one photo, and questions of scale, too. As invariably the case, but particularly here, much better in hand, where variations in tonality (neither quite sepia nor quite gray; seeming to hover just in between) are much richer and more nuanced, and the whole image with a lovely softness about it. 4 1 4" x 3 1 4" Good condition, with tiny loss to upper right corner and tiny crease to far lower