Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand wooden tops Someone then screwed a couple

Someone then screwed a couple of cabinet handles to the back bottom as spacer/bumpers

A little wear to the linen on the stuffed legs in a couple of spits but no true holes or leaks (other than at the top open seams

It's got a great patina and a couple of little chips in the wood that I think just add to its character

Light all over craquelure to the paint

though I have no idea whence he came

Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand wooden tops Someone then screwed a couplePhotos 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