Lionel Tin Litho Milk Car Platform antique match striker all popping against a glossy

all popping against a glossy black ground

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

variegated gray--darker and drippy in a few areas in response to the form of the vessel

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 all popping against a glossyI 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