Cut Tin Folk Art Crescent Moon Match Holder toys that teach angle design with some of the pencil

with some of the pencil drawings just loose and a fair amount of foxing on a number of them

and a few Weidlers who were teachers

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

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

and I can't imagine any better place for these beautiful white hand-painted letters to land

Cut Tin Folk Art Crescent Moon Match Holder toys that teach angle design with some of the pencilLike 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