Satisfying Old Tramp Art Match Stick Trivet Milton Bradley Froebel box 7 1/2” x 5”

7 1/2” x 5”

but am much more inclined to choose individual pieces I regard as stand alone

who looks very much like the young man to the right of him

more ornament on the sides

so have been keeping a close eye out for others--and then along came this one

Satisfying Old Tramp Art Match Stick Trivet Milton Bradley Froebel box 7 1/2” x 5”It's been a while since I had a burnt match stick creation, but this is a perfect one to break the lapse a very satisfying and happily unfussy quilt like grid formed byt many hundreds of them, laid down one by one onto a piece of wood. I'd really call it more of a panel to hang on the wall than a trivet, though it could certainly be used that way. More often than not, one finds these varnished, but I think much better not, with a lovely warm patina to