Antique Copper Matchsafe with Chained Lid, Perfect Patina vintage bookends and the box sits on

and the box sits on round brass or bronze feet

It is in excellent condition

At 13" inches across it is not large

This piece reminds me so much of watching jellyfish at an aquarium--luminous and mesmerizing

Antique Copper Matchsafe with Chained Lid, Perfect Patina vintage bookends and the box sits onTo my eye, this antique copper match safe is a perfect object beautiful form completely wed to function, out of this world patina, and the presence of the hand of its maker all over it. My guess, though I am not 100% certain, is that is it Civil War era. It would make sense for wartime use that the lid be attached via chain to prevent losing it and happily this yielded these gorgeous weld marks attaching the chain to the lid and back of the vessel.