Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand French art Plus the lids

Plus the lids

And quite an old one

to say nothing of its endurance

The shiniest bits are at the centers of their bases

and then the shoes have been painted with a terrific amount of detail: patterns of stripes

Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand French art Plus the lidsPhotos 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