Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box cast iron snail 690 AD map of what

690 AD map of what is now Utrecht and that the castle is the castle Trecht

It's heavy

eternally mysterious

It measures 11" long x 3 7/8" wide x 3/4" deep

) I am not sure this piece is that old-- I think perhaps mid- to late-19th century--but certainly it is very finely made

Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box cast iron snail 690 AD map of whatI believe I have NEVER seen another folded paper wrapper box I like as much as this one; the color on this is truly fantastic. I'd guess it is a mix of different sorts of wrappers that were used, folded one by one around bits of cardboard arranged in strata, and whoever made it had a really great eye in addition to investing a great deal of labor and care into every inch of it. I mostly pass these sorts of boxes as they can feel sort of one note, but