Curious 1879 New York Carving with Many Initials (Commemorating the Life of Lunsford Lane?) early 20th century interior Rolls along smoothly

Rolls along smoothly

Sepia toned ink text is a bit lighter on some pages and darker on others but all completely readable and in very good condition

such that they remain forever at the center of their cages as opposed to bouncing around

collecting loose change

Super mid-century feeling in its shape and palette

Curious 1879 New York Carving with Many Initials (Commemorating the Life of Lunsford Lane?) early 20th century interior Rolls along smoothlyA very curious one, looking a bit like a pipe and a bit like a whistle and a bit like a shoe too. The NC LANE carved into one side of it made me do a little searching for the name, and makes me wonder if rather than the initials of a first and middle name, the NC might instead stand for North Carolina, where there were some notables Lanes. Specifically, there was Lunsford Lane (1803 1879), his year of death matching the date carved into this), an