Early 20th C Lock Shaped Hanging Match Safe with Carved Hand French art The basket is a terrific

The basket is a terrific large size

Plus the lids

he is very full of life

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 The basket is a terrificPhotos 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