Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) wooden bases and reaching their height of

and reaching their height of popularity in the mid-1800s

I purchased this from a seller in England

true jet black of those gorgeous spades

I've divided them up into groups--what you see is exactly what you'll get

Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) wooden bases and reaching their height ofIt was suggested to me when I purchased this that it was a piece of trench art, and I think that it likely, with the canister made from a shell casing and the little chopping man cut from from some scrap. In any case, it's certainly it's own special folk art thing, and I really love this smiling but very focused looking fellow very intent on the task at hand, which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood. Incised on both sides, and serving as a