Antique Whiting Sterling Silver & Copper Match Safe Circa 1900 Aesthetic

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Antique Whiting Sterling Silver & Copper Match Safe Circa 1900 Aesthetic:
$1200.00

Here is a sterling silver & copper mixed metal match safe circa 1900 from a high end estate. It has a pebble finish. Rooster atop a rock on front, with a demon breathing fire to the reverse. Illustrated Shapiro, Neil. Exceptional Match Safes. Riverdale, NewJersey, International Match Safe Association, 2008, page 133. According to Shapiro \"...a Japanese myth is depicted: whenthere is peace in the land a cock will roost on a boulder.\". Size is approximately 2 1/2\" north to south, and 1 1/4\" east to west. Total weight is 37.3 grams or 1.31oz. A great and hard to find piece for your collection.