Antique Victorian Black Forest Carved Match Stick or Toothpick Holder, Foliate Ostrich Wow - a real find

Wow - a real find

All the personality it shows

Opulent black leatherette with gold embossed decoration and a clasp with "JM Depose" inscribed on it

beautiful boulle

Antique Victorian Black Forest Carved Match Stick or Toothpick Holder, Foliate Ostrich Wow - a real findDelightful antique Victorian to Edwardian era Black Forest hand carved match or toothpick holder in the form of a wheat or grain bushel on an attached base tray with ornate basket weave styling and grapes or berries & foliage on the vine! A relatively mundane use I guess but we all do need or use matches at the hearth or perhaps toothpicks in the kitchen and I can't think of a better receptacle that this little treasure. The oval base tray is 7. 5" x