Art Nouveau Brass Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Inserts for bedside table It holds 12 thin taper

It holds 12 thin taper candles

their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns)

and is ready to be used for a puppet show

exceptionally  crafted examples of American Machine Age design

Art Nouveau Brass Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Inserts for bedside table It holds 12 thin taperHow much nicer to reference this sweet old perpetual calendar with lovingly hand written inserts than to check the calendar on one's phone? The brass quintessentially art nouveau frame reads Tempus Fugit (time flies) at the bottom center and sits nicely on a desk, and the hand written two sided cards accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall are easily removed, swapped out, and reinserted, allowing one to stay on top of things