Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) wooden bases it's also very nicely constructed

it's also very nicely constructed and substantial

true jet black of those gorgeous spades

and analogous color groups

and reaching their height of popularity in the mid-1800s

but I am pretty certain they are French

Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) wooden bases it's also very nicely constructedIt was suggested to me when I purchased this that it was a piece of trench art, and I think that it likely, with the canister made from a shell casing and the little chopping man cut from from some scrap. In any case, it's certainly it's own special folk art thing, and I really love this smiling but very focused looking fellow very intent on the task at hand, which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood. Incised on both sides, and serving as a