Marvelous Antique Tramp Art Box with Hearts Everywhere and Wallpaper Lining sapolin gold leaf kit While still great for spices

While still great for spices

it is a piece with a strong but nuanced presence

I know from someone more expert that me that the watermark on the top left of the lined paper on which it is drawn dates it to the 1860s or so

3 1/4" across at lip and 2 5/8" across at base

the wooden cog wheel moves slats on each side

Marvelous Antique Tramp Art Box with Hearts Everywhere and Wallpaper Lining sapolin gold leaf kit While still great for spicesThis is for certain my favorite tramp art box I've had, which photos can't do justice, as it needs to be felt as much as seen, just dripping with character, and love, and presence. Two hearts on front, two hearts on back, one heart on each short side, and two more on top. Plus brass lion heads holding rings, old iron nails all over, bits of printed text on the cigar box wood here and there, wall paper lining, and a Superiore cigar box label portrait