Yellow Cat Vintage Folk Art Match Holder (Roughness to to Bottom Edge) woman in mourning being that it is a

being that it is a voltage meter

is most definitely is that--to me it completely embodies why one might become obsessed with antique bentwood pantry boxes

packing in all sorts of feelings of comfort and longing

painted papier mache I believe

This poor fellow has lost both forearms and one lower leg too

Yellow Cat Vintage Folk Art Match Holder (Roughness to to Bottom Edge) woman in mourning being that it is aCat faced hanging match boxes were once very much a thing, and like yard art animals and figures, all embody variations on a theme, reflective of the particular skills and sensibilities of their makers. I've never gone for one before, but the combination of bright yellow paint, long black eye lashes and whiskers, and square cornered nose and mouth on this one just won me, making it look rather startled and a bit less than friendly! There is some loss