Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! chunky carving and which makes the yellow

and which makes the yellow glass eyes really pop

with some aging to the cardstock and a few spots here and there

with this terrific array of unusual geometric forms dangling from every other link of the chain

steady on its feet and with drawers all opening and closing easily (though they are not interchangable

bright white with rusty orange-red lids that feature a ripple design that gives them a Japanese sensibility

Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! chunky carving and which makes the yellowI love this trench art matchbox cover as a study in mark making, in addition to the images these varied marks forms; what a lot of love and labor! WWII I am guessing and made of heavy tin, with great image of a heart shaped lock on one side, what I believe are a tree, stalk of corn and shaft of wheat on the other with sun, moon and star overhead, and then initials planted by artillery shells or perhaps bombs on the side. 2 1 4" l x 1 9 16" w x 13 16"