Candy Colored Vintage Salesman Sample Pill Capsules Encased Under Film, S.E. Messengill Co. wooden folk art animal I just like the dog

I just like the dog faces carved into these wooden bookends

It's a sixth plate daguerreotype of a naive graphite drawing depicting  a young child in profile with eyes closed and small hands in their lap

with a very satisfying reverse side too

done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method

Candy Colored Vintage Salesman Sample Pill Capsules Encased Under Film, S.E. Messengill Co. wooden folk art animal I just like the dogThese candy colored capsules are all the prettier in person really quite seductive! With a thin sheet over clear film adhered over the top of them, sealing them forever inside, and enhancing their bright and shiny sort of appeal. This sample box was produced by the S. E. Messengill Co. of Bristol, Tenn. (founded 1898). In 1937, the company became infamous for "the elixir sulfanilamide disaster," described as one of the most consequential mass