Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina curated object with the pieces fitting together

with the pieces fitting together by way of posts and holes but my favorite thing is the numbers carved across the joints where the pieces meet

With Art Deco style and a gold painted band around the bottom

There are just a couple of rim chips and one good repair as pictured

like this donkey

Framed size: 6 15/16" x 5 3/4" x 13/16" d

Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina curated object with the pieces fitting togetherIn my experience it's a pretty rare thing to find an old tramp art box that wasn't varnished or painted, making the patina to the dry cigar box wood on this one feel all the more special. I've also got a particular penchant for pedestal shaped tamp boxes, with the construction of their necks involving another level of stacking. There are certainly much fancier ones out there than this, but I love this one a lot, including, perhaps especially, for its