Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! pale watercolor this piece would be perfect

this piece would be perfect on a vanity as a wonderful small storage cabinet for jewelry or other prized treasures

These were traditionally used in the Chancay culture

with exposed red heart and that gorgeous black and white patterned skirt

and a "disc number" 1G91-2 carved into the base--which would date him between approximately 1940-1970

measures 7 3/4" from one end of the handle to the other

Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! pale watercolor this piece would be perfectI love this trench art matchbox cover as a study in mark making, in addition to the images these varied marks forms; what a lot of love and labor! WWII I am guessing and made of heavy tin, with great image of a heart shaped lock on one side, what I believe are a tree, stalk of corn and shaft of wheat on the other with sun, moon and star overhead, and then initials planted by artillery shells or perhaps bombs on the side. 2 1 4" l x 1 9 16" w x 13 16"