RCS's January 1931 Adirondack Folk Art Hanging Match Holder Shelf handblown Murano glass Weighs 21 pounds

Weighs 21 pounds

Washington

so am not sure the maker and can't find a mark

smallest 1 5/8"

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RCS's January 1931 Adirondack Folk Art Hanging Match Holder Shelf handblown Murano glass Weighs 21 poundsFound not far from the Adirondacks, photos don't do justice to the presence and charm or heft! of this one, carved by a "RCS" in January of 1931, who signed it proudly on the back, and who one imagines immediately hung on the wall to hold matches for the fire (and maybe the pipe, too) in the middle of a long and dark winter. I love everything about it, especially the wide "Y" shaped twig at center doing the work of making a rail for the shelf between