A house-shaped matchbox illustrated as a gingerbread house, right down to the piped icing and a bright red door.

It comes from Archivist's collection of house matchboxes, the sort of thing that gets kept on a shelf as much as used. Stand it on a kitchen shelf or next to a candle and it earns its keep through the colder months. The matches inside are safety matches, struck on the strip along the side of the box.

A small, warm-looking thing that makes a good stocking filler for anyone who likes a bit of character in the things they use every day.