But, its auxiliary probe HAS been perfected to purloin objects from the past. When you set something down and can't find it a minute later . . . you've probably been probed from the future. Predictably, that action violates temporal laws and after a few minutes the object returns to its time, a short distance from where it was picked up—usually the last place you'd ever think to look for it.
Here it has picked up (with barely enough time to holo-scan) a lady's toiletry travel case from 1916, gorgeously decorated by Gwen White.
Case Top
Case Front
Underside of Case Top (with Vanity Mirror)
Interior Tray Lid