W. S's Excellent Old Chip Carved Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box medium soft pencils continued to use it for

continued to use it for a good many years following the repairs

A bit of research reveals that it is in fact a Victorian era invalid carriage --I've included an advertisement from the 1890s featuring one very similar

I love these old ring toss toys

color printed on bright white cardstock

Though initialed (incised on the bottom) DWP

W. S's Excellent Old Chip Carved Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box medium soft pencils continued to use it forA beauty of an old tramp art box in pretty much perfect condition, made by, or for (or both) a W. S. long ago. (And I'm really smitten with the thin and slightly wavy lines of that W.) Carefully executed, perfectly resolved, super sturdy, without a missing bit, and with some nice bubbling to the old varnish on front. And that inverted triangle around the keyhole really brings its geometries together in an excellent way. 11" l x 7 3 8" d x 5 1 4" t.