Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box set of slides Osborne was one of the

Osborne was one of the few 19th century American makers of artists paint

I believe the carving of the pages also define it as a functional object in addition to a beautiful one--made to be used for striking matches

but I know that the different color wooden spheres are meant to represent different elements--hydrogen

as well as amid a collection of lacquerware or Asiatica

are attached to rods and turn smoothly

Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box set of slides Osborne was one of theMarvelous, in the literal sense I can't possibly imagine possessing the skill, let alone the patience, to construct a box like this, composed of many hundreds of interlocking bits, each carved of cigar box wood (with text visible on the sides of a few.) Marvelous too, how the lid interlocks perfectly with the lower box, a seamless fit, forming a perfect whole, which seems as if weightless and floating. I come across a lot of chip carved tramp boxes,