Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker then painting a thin red

then painting a thin red line for the lips

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

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

I think this is just about a perfect object

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

Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker then painting a thin redI 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