Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley painting away

painting away

Stands up straight on its flat base

and parents Paul and Mary

A happy thing

hand-carved

Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley painting awayThis may not be the fanciest tramp art box ever, but it is a beautifully constructed one, and a very heavy and substantial one, about as solid as they come, and also quite an old one I believe. In addition to the chip carved stacked layers, the base was carefully carved with cross hatches all the way around to complete the effect, and I love the way the bottom layer on the front face was carved out to accommodate the keyhole of the lock, which seems