Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker possibly with a couple of

possibly with a couple of very tiny chips but if so super minor

Surely there are a million things beyond pounding lead it might be employed to do--or just hang it on the wall

A little wear to the fabric on the bottom corner of the spine

and otherwise some wear/aging/light scratching to the wood

studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee

Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker possibly with a couple ofI really love this thing, which feels like a modernist sculpture to me, and also the perfect tabletop stage on and around which to arrange other little things. I've learned that it was made by Lionel Electric Trains, c. late 40s I think, and would once have been sold along with a milk truck, which would pull up in front of the platform to unload milk. Now on its own it makes for a super satisfying little architectural object I think. It is well