Miniature Handmade Matchstick Water Tower Jack Lenor Larsen drippy black glaze over most

drippy black glaze over most of its body

Dimensions when closed are 18 3/4" long x 10 3/4" wide x 4 1/2" tall

a form traditional to Tajikistan

but there is a pad covering its base that I have not removed

Miniature Handmade Matchstick Water Tower Jack Lenor Larsen drippy black glaze over mostI assume this little structure is meant to represent a water tower, and I'd guess it was made as part of an elaborate model train set up which, if so, I'd really love to have seen in full! I just love it as a painstakingly constructed little object, complete with this terrific pointy roof made of what appears to be strips of bark. I'm not sure if the rest of it is constructed of actual matchsticks or just matchstick like little sticks, but the effect