Antique Star-painted Wooden Matchbox with Match Strips hand-painted wooden sign Definitely mid-century and Italian I

Definitely mid-century and Italian I believe (the white glazed bottom is common to Bitossi)

I've fallen in love with the work of Alice Nanogak through seeing pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

most likely a poem

MA I purchased it from

Essayists include cognitive scientist Richard Held

Antique Star-painted Wooden Matchbox with Match Strips hand-painted wooden sign Definitely mid-century and Italian ISmall, but stunning! I believe this wonderfully painted wooden vesta dates to the mid 19th century or so, I think Pennsylvania Dutch. It is in fantastic condition and really just a little gem of a thing. And while the interior box with striker is gone, it came with several "match strips" dating from the period, which are lovely things too. From what I understand, these matches were sold in bulk, most commonly in paper wrapped sub packets of five