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Abul Hamid II (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
which also owned and operated the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros and The King Bros
with some chips to the paint and knocks to the chin for sure
I would not have known their purpose had it not been explained to me by the owner of this shop
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
Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug Abul Hamid II (Sultan ofI'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
