Wonderful Old Maine General Store Large Tin Match Safe with Fitted Wooden Lid raku vase signed er and his pose

and his pose

not noticeable when hung on the wall

Otherwise it's 400+ pages plus alphabetic index at front are blank

I really love when objects accrue added resonance over the course of time as result of all sorts of chance factors

Like this horse

Wonderful Old Maine General Store Large Tin Match Safe with Fitted Wooden Lid raku vase signed er and his poseThis I found in mid coast Maine, and I know from the seller I purchased it from that it came out of an old general store not far from there. As is evident from the old hand writing that runs around the rim of the lid, it served as a large (general store sized) match safe. Really a beautiful thing, made of tin with this great wooden lid with simple, super sturdy handle for lifting it off, wonderfully worn from doing so time and time again. The lid