Man of the Wood, Wonderful Old Folk Art Burl Wood Carving antique snuff box with portrait Drawings: 11" x 8 5/8"

Drawings: 11" x 8 5/8"

complete double six set

and my guess is that the "54" at center right is the year

or else fierce determination

I've sorted through and lightly cleaned all of them

Man of the Wood, Wonderful Old Folk Art Burl Wood Carving antique snuff box with portrait Drawings: 11" x 8 5/8"I purchased this from a seller in Alabama, who inherited it from his picker collector father 40+ years ago, and described it as having looked equally old then; my guess is earlyish 20th century. I wasn't completely certain it would be as good as I hoped but happily it is even better! I recently bought and sold what turned out to be a piece by Moses Ogden; this is not, but it has a related sense of specialness and gravitas to it, really quite an