Wonderful Old Maine General Store Large Tin Match Safe with Fitted Wooden Lid Kutchi which I am pretty sure

which I am pretty sure is Arabic

made by Flash Chemical Co

but I like it as it is

4 3/8" long

Maine-based ceramicist Jeffrey Lipton

Wonderful Old Maine General Store Large Tin Match Safe with Fitted Wooden Lid Kutchi which I am pretty sureThis I found in mid coast Maine, and I know from the seller I purchased it from that it came out of an old general store not far from there. As is evident from the old hand writing that runs around the rim of the lid, it served as a large (general store sized) match safe. Really a beautiful thing, made of tin with this great wooden lid with simple, super sturdy handle for lifting it off, wonderfully worn from doing so time and time again. The lid