Antique Tramp Art Box with Decoupaged Ships, Some Loss little boxes made in the 1960s

made in the 1960s

which I believe is a bit of underpainting showing through

including for the fact that the cow balances quite well on the back of the horse (though not quite so much vice verse

Unfortunately

and perhaps _ in Venezia (Venice) after that

Antique Tramp Art Box with Decoupaged Ships, Some Loss little boxes made in the 1960sThis old (late 19th c. I believe) tramp art box shows some damage and losses, but it's an unusual one, with a lot of character, and I really love the ships on the front and back flat panels, so I had to rescue it and hopefully shepherd it forward! There is some damage loss to the top, where it looks like there once was a handle, and where the stacked, chip carved layers at the front right corner are gone (I used a Sharpie to darken the the exposed