Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks green eyes I believe it was called

I believe it was called "Color Chime"

pencil drawn on the other

Small dings and scratches here and there and wear and cracking to the leather as pictured

and beautifully aged over lots of years

he really looks like quite good humored

Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks green eyes I believe it was calledI'm super into this tin (and its contents), which I have found no other example of out there, though I have found mention of the product (and a trade card matching the lithograph covering the tin) in a feature published by the Ephemera Society of America titled "Fire! Victorian Advertisers Capitalize on Danger." Here's a link. The c. 1880s tin (1882 patent) certainly shows plenty of wear and aging (almost as if having been through a fire itself!) but