Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand model railroad building but still with the hand

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

perhaps straight from the his front lawn

with minor degrading along left edge

Richard Fleischner collection

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Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand model railroad building but still with the handPhotos 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