Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque antique pewter snuff box home of the Braintree Congressional

home of the Braintree Congressional Church (established in 1699) and the Mechanics Lecture Hall nearby

but still flush to the bottom

but what really sold me on it is the whittled ends of the handles

and lending themselves to all sorts of arrangements

carved into one side)

Lovely Old Three Stars Matchstick Tramp Art Plaque antique pewter snuff box home of the Braintree CongressionalSometimes matchstick tramp art can feel a bit kitschy, but this is really something else entirely. No burnt ends, no varnish over top, just the beautifully irregular linear patterns of the cut matchsticks laid down end to end, one after the other, interrupted only by the simple outlines of three stars. All having acquired a gorgeous warm dry wood patina that, together with the geometries, makes it feel almost like a painting, and it is actually Jasper