Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) antique handmade shaker brush I am 99% certain it

I am 99% certain it is sterling silver (if I am wrong

I believe likely from an opposite page in the scrapbook where it was long housed

some light scrapes to the mirror around the edges but very usable and structurally very sound

The top of the box is a tapering

The bottom edge of the lid features a thin

Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) antique handmade shaker brush I am 99% certain itIt 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