Antique Copper Matchsafe with Chained Lid, Perfect Patina vintage bookends as "Damn the torpedoes

as "Damn the torpedoes

At 13" inches across it is not large

and the box sits on round brass or bronze feet

The unglazed edge is a bit irregular

Antique Copper Matchsafe with Chained Lid, Perfect Patina vintage bookends as "Damn the torpedoesTo my eye, this antique copper match safe is a perfect object beautiful form completely wed to function, out of this world patina, and the presence of the hand of its maker all over it. My guess, though I am not 100% certain, is that is it Civil War era. It would make sense for wartime use that the lid be attached via chain to prevent losing it and happily this yielded these gorgeous weld marks attaching the chain to the lid and back of the vessel.