ANTIQUE GLOVE STRETCHER IN GLORIOUS BEVELED GLASS EXPANDING LEATHER CASE!

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OFFERED HERE FOR YOUR BIDDING PLEASURE IS THIS FABULOUS ANTIQUE GLOVE STRETCHER IN IT'S EXQUISITE ORIGINAL CARRY CASE!
THERE ARE NO MAKER'S MARKS TO BE FOUND EITHER ON THE STRETCHER OR THE CASE.
THE STRETCHER ITSELF IS LIKELY MADE OF BONE OR SOME SIMILAR MATERIAL. IT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. THE HANDLE ENDS SEEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL.
THE CASE IS LEATHER ON THE OUTSIDE WITH A BLUE MOIRE SILK (?) LINING. INSET INTO THE LID IS BEVELED GLASS.
THE LATCH IS BRASS.  IT IS A BALL THAT MOVES TO THE SIDE TO RELEASE. THERE IS BRASS ON BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER LINING OF THE OPENING, ALL THE WAY AROUND INCLUDING THE HINGES.
THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE IS THE ACCORDION PART OF THE CASE THAT ALLOWS IT TO EXPAND ABOUT AN INCH DEEPER FOR A PAIR OR 2 OF GLOVES....IF STUFFED THE LATCH IS NOT HAPPY....
I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO BE FRANCE.
THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE CASE ARE 3 BY 10 AND A HALF INCHES. THE DEPTH IS JUST UNDER AN INCH AND A HALF AND, WHEN PACKED WITH A PAIR OF GLOVES, EXPANDS ABOUT ANOTHER INCH. THE STRETCHER MEASURES 6 AND A HALF INCHES IN LENGTH AND AT ITS WIDEST ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF WITH A DEPTH OF ABOUT A QUARTER INCH.
THE CASE WITH STRETCHER WEIGHS ABOUT 15OZS.
THERE IS SCUFFING AND WEAR TO THE LEATHER COMMENSURATE WITH IT'S AGE. THE SILK IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION WITH SOME DUST AND RELATIVELY EVEN (NO SPLOTCHES) AGE RELATED DARKENING. THE BLUE OF THE SILK CAN BE SEEN A BIT AROUND THE EDGING OF THE LID FROM THE OUTSIDE. THERE IS A THIN THREAD THAT SHOULD HOLD THE STRETCHER IN PLACE....IT HAS PULLED OR STRETCHED OUT SO THAT IF ONE TURNS THE CASE THE STRETCHER WILL DISLOCATE ITSELF FROM ITS BED.
I HAVE DONE NO POLISHING OR CLEANING OF ANY KIND...I LEAVE THAT TO THE NEXT CARETAKER OF THIS RARE SET.
HAPPY BIDDING!