Antique Rabbit & Pheasant Game Hunting Wall Mounted Match Safe

A wonderfully sculptural vintage wall-mounted match safe rendered in the form of a traditional sporting game bag. The cast-metal design features a rabbit and pheasant suspended beneath a softly draped ribbon, with a hunting horn placed prominently at the center. Below, a quilted game pouch forms a divided double well originally intended to hold fresh and spent fireplace matches.

Rich in dimensional detail and unmistakably sporting in character, this is the sort of unusual fireside accessory that instantly gives a room history. The warm brass-tone finish highlights the feathers, fur, folds, and crosshatched surfaces beautifully, while the integral ring allows the piece to hang easily from a wall hook.

CONDITION
Beautiful vintage condition with age-appropriate surface wear, patina, tonal variation, minor abrasions, and casting irregularities. These characteristics contribute to the piece’s timeworn character. 

SIZE
Approximately 9” long x 5” wide.

MATERIAL
Cast metal with a warm brass-tone finish. 

STYLING SUGGESTIONS
Hang beside a fireplace, wood stove, or library mantel and fill the divided pocket with long wooden matches. It would also be exceptional in a sporting study, hunt room, gentleman’s library, tack-room-inspired entry, or layered gallery wall alongside antique dog paintings, horse-show trophies, leather-bound books, and other field-sport objects. Equally useful as a small wall pocket for keys or collected curios.