SOCKETS! C. 1910s Frank Mossberg No. 350 Socket Set In Original Box car drawing it was likely as a

it was likely as a gift for a sweetheart back at home

I believe it is the earliest sets of U

The vase is signed on the bottom but I am uncertain of the maker

but this seems to be the mother of them all

The latter shows a fair amount of staining/toning  and the tulip print shows a little along the left edge

SOCKETS! C. 1910s Frank Mossberg No. 350 Socket Set In Original Box car drawing it was likely as aIts the orange hand painted SOCKETS on the lid that drew me to this old socket wrench set, but I was glad to open it and find quite an excellent early set inside, made by Frank Mossberg Co, Attleboro, MA (1913 patent)and certainly a good socket set is a useful thing to have around! Mossberg was an important early maker of wrenches, automotive tools, and especially interchangeable socket sets, defining and dominating the early market and laying the