Cut Tin Folk Art Crescent Moon Match Holder toys that teach angle design I'd set it on an

I'd set it on an open shelf so that I could just enjoy looking at it

I'll never pass by an antique Burmese cinnabar-colored lacquer betel box if I can afford it--which increasingly I can't

so I scoop them up whenever I find them--and part of the beauty of these is that the more one has

I'd frame it up and hang it in a cozy corner

the letters not just being monograms but also speaking to where they were born or lived or were educated

Cut Tin Folk Art Crescent Moon Match Holder toys that teach angle design I'd set it on anLike the carved horseshoe plaque I just listed, this moon shaped match holder feels friendly and fortuitous a force for good watching over one's world day and night. I really like the idea of striking a match to light a candle at the end of the day, illuminating this moon just as the one outside rises. Charming, and lovingly crafted, with a great flip side too, which shows how the match holder was joined to the hand cut moon by folded tabs. Great old