Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box 1-10 with some loss of stain

with some loss of stain to the base only

with some wear to the black paint and a few tiny chips but looks and plays great

as it has absorbed a bit of that

Great imagery

but found it at Brimfield and couldn't put it down

Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box 1-10 with some loss of stainMarvelous, 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,