Intensively Stacked Sculptural Old Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid and Velvet Lining hand-painted mid-century vase There is old repair of

There is old repair of a split at one hand

Painted a sort of gold with varnish over top I believe

made for brushing the rim of a hat

I believe the carved frame is original to it

or just setting somewhere to be enjoyed

Intensively Stacked Sculptural Old Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid and Velvet Lining hand-painted mid-century vase There is old repair ofI'm always thrilled to find a super sculptural tramp art box, just of this sort, and this one with a fantastic pattern of 12 stacked squares on the hinged lid. It's quite finely done, really almost delicate (though not fragile) just over 11 inches across, meaning that all those many many chip carved bits are small in scale and were very precisely laid. Beautiful all the way around with no notable losses, with the exception being the center front foot