Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker Surely there are a million

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

with it's handle made from the casing of a 50 caliber FA 1932 bullet

then painting a thin red line for the lips

Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker Surely there are a millionI 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