RCS's January 1931 Adirondack Folk Art Hanging Match Holder Shelf silver box and turns out she went

and turns out she went on to become a published writer

cracks or flaws

as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed

Some stains along the edges but if matted fairly tightly

I'm not entirely certain of its age but might think 1920-40s

RCS's January 1931 Adirondack Folk Art Hanging Match Holder Shelf silver box and turns out she wentFound not far from the Adirondacks, photos don't do justice to the presence and charm or heft! of this one, carved by a "RCS" in January of 1931, who signed it proudly on the back, and who one imagines immediately hung on the wall to hold matches for the fire (and maybe the pipe, too) in the middle of a long and dark winter. I love everything about it, especially the wide "Y" shaped twig at center doing the work of making a rail for the shelf between