Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug It's the little pair of

It's the little pair of scissors painted in the bottom right corner--about to snip a leaf of of one stem--that really sold me on this painting

Plenty of toning

or just piled up

Used for sure but in overall very good condition with hinges firmly attached

" noted by Phil S

Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug It's the little pair ofI'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