Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug When you turn the crank

When you turn the crank

It's the little pair of scissors painted in the bottom right corner--about to snip a leaf of of one stem--that really sold me on this painting

which also owned and operated the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros and The King Bros

Plenty of toning

" noted by Phil S

Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug When you turn the crankI'm super into this tin (and its contents), which I have found no other example of out there, though I have found mention of the product (and a trade card matching the lithograph covering the tin) in a feature published by the Ephemera Society of America titled "Fire! Victorian Advertisers Capitalize on Danger." Here's a link. The c. 1880s tin (1882 patent) certainly shows plenty of wear and aging (almost as if having been through a fire itself!) but