A.L's Marvelous Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Pedestal Box end of day What a brilliant and beautiful

What a brilliant and beautiful box

finished with linseed oil and lacquer

and a useful box too

The box is in excellent structural condition

though the best detail also shows a stray bit of fiber to the left of the crack--not a flaw

A.L's Marvelous Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Pedestal Box end of day What a brilliant and beautifulI've always got an eye out for old tramp art boxes, but have gotten pretty fussy about what I like, wanting ones that feel singular and special and this for me is very much those! Lifting the hinged lid reveals that it was the creation of A. L, who signed it very proudly in gold on green cloth lining and justifiably so; it's a wonderfully, laboriously, skillfully crafted thing that A. L or someone took great care of, as it remains in excellent