Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand model railroad building I've been finding myself attracted

I've been finding myself attracted of late to soft

the more the fields of things attracting me grows

but still with the hand and sensibility of the maker wonderfully present

which is most of the way filled

He's seen some use

Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand model railroad building I've been finding myself attractedPhotos dont do justice to this one, as the carved hand cupping and fingers curling around the bowl of the match safe has a really wonderful three dimensional sculptural presence. The lock shaped mount to which it is attached seems to me a subtle pun on the safe in match safe, with the arch of it also providing an excellent means for hanging from the wall. Lovely. 7 5 8 x 5 1 2 x 1 3 4 d. Very good overall condition with what I believe is a repaired