Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark ruby-rub can and brick on the bridge/viaduct

and brick on the bridge/viaduct

10" long x 5 11/16" tall x 3 5/8" deep

below the under box

but I’m not quite sure what else this very lovely turned wooden case would have been made to hold

with a spool used for the body and what looks like wooden beads for the head and tail

Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark ruby-rub can and brick on the bridge/viaductJust the name "Fearless Threshing Machine" in bold black lettering sold me on this envelope, feeling especially resonant at the moment, and the graphic, with apparently fearless man sandwiched between horses and machine, is pretty great too plus the just right name of the manufacturer: Minard Harder. With beautiful black ink calligraphy addressing the cover to a M. A Sprice(r?) of Unadilla Forks, NY; postmarked 1880 from Cobbleskill, NY, with a 3 cent