Antique Black Forest 9" Bear, a Match, Spill or Cigar Holder, Inkwell? c. 1860 dishes Fine early 1800s Tortoise Shell

Fine early 1800s Tortoise Shell

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extra wide and usually weighted so it won't tip with the rocking of the ocean waves

itself a work of art

75" and is

Antique Black Forest 9" Bear, a Match, Spill or Cigar Holder, Inkwell? c. 1860 dishes Fine early 1800s Tortoise ShellAntique 19th century hand carved Black Forest (Swiss German) carved bear, either originally to hold matches and rolled paper "spills" which were tools used routinely to light fires, hearth, candles. The long rolled paper wands of sorts would give an extension to the time it takes to move fire between candles of an evening, or to start a warming fire or cook stove. This bear's open log upon which he sits would have been where those rolled papers were