Antique Tramp Art Box with Decoupaged Ships, Some Loss question and answer cards and handles on either side

and handles on either side to which a string was once attached

and with the original design booklet showing examples of many structures one might build with them

And one can definitely imagine the pleasure it gave someone to capture the moment

" "Wastefulness brings want" and

they are of the same width

Antique Tramp Art Box with Decoupaged Ships, Some Loss question and answer cards and handles on either sideThis old (late 19th c. I believe) tramp art box shows some damage and losses, but it's an unusual one, with a lot of character, and I really love the ships on the front and back flat panels, so I had to rescue it and hopefully shepherd it forward! There is some damage loss to the top, where it looks like there once was a handle, and where the stacked, chip carved layers at the front right corner are gone (I used a Sharpie to darken the the exposed