Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque antique pewter snuff box home of the Braintree Congressional

home of the Braintree Congressional Church (established in 1699) and the Mechanics Lecture Hall nearby

) It's done in pencil on a the pale green backside of shiny silver paper

perhaps best of all

9 1/4" l x 2" wide and deep

and lending themselves to all sorts of arrangements

Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque antique pewter snuff box home of the Braintree CongressionalSometimes matchstick tramp art can feel a bit kitschy, but this is really something else entirely. No burnt ends, no varnish over top, just the beautifully irregular linear patterns of the cut matchsticks laid down end to end, one after the other, interrupted only by the simple outlines of three stars. All having acquired a gorgeous warm dry wood patina that, together with the geometries, makes it feel almost like a painting, and it is actually Jasper