MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina standing figure Such a sweet pair it

Such a sweet pair it seems right they should stay together

and very early ones certainly most of all--so beautiful

Wood with polychrome

The striking image here I believe is specifically of a German observation balloon being attacked by British planes during WWI--poetically described in the handwritten annotation on this real photo postcard as "Observation balloon on fire

Strung for hanging

MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina standing figure Such a sweet pair itThere are neat and crisp match stick boxes and then there are soulful old folk art boxes constructed of matchsticks, and this is very much the latter. I know match sticks creations were often made in prisons, though not exclusively this one, with cross at center and dedicated to MOTHER, has the feeling of prison art to me, but I don't know for sure. An old one and a very folky one whatever the case, with those flowers to either side of the the T in