Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe first edition Americans 1963 The box measures 10" x

The box measures 10" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4"

3 1/4" across at base

I think is just right

Lambert--who studied at College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Richmond Art Center

HJG and HJP

Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe first edition Americans 1963 The box measures 10" xI've found a few twins of these old cast iron boots, dating them to sometime between the 1850s and the late 1800s, when apparently they were commonly seen in saloons and cigar shops, where they functioned as match holders. I do rather love the vision of a series of them lined up along the bar in a lively saloon somewhere out west, serving up matches to cowboys! Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base