Old Hand Soldered Copper Lidded Case pine carving Plenty of wear including to

Plenty of wear including to the corners

clean and odor free

Aside from the crustiness

painted antique tinwork frame are a bit of a mystery to me

Some loss at the very top

Old Hand Soldered Copper Lidded Case pine carving Plenty of wear including toI don't know the origins of this one, crafted of copper with hand soldered seams, but it's clearly got age to it, and I think is quite beautiful. A trench art match safe, or case for a tool? Whatever the case, a singular thing, useful now for all sorts of things, flammable or not. I especially like the right angled incision in the copper that runs across one side, evincing a patch, though it does not seem to go all the way through. Nice weight, nice