Elegant Antique Tramp Art Pedestal Box, Albany NY, with Ghostly Photos Inside, as Found antique ledger index I have completely fallen in

I have completely fallen in love with Spillikins/Spellicans

) Maybe more likely a pocket warmer  for a large pocket or to fit inside a cover and warm the bed

This sculpture of a couple of their wedding day is emblematic of his work

I just love the specificity of the imagery

Super sharp and with not a single bit of wood missing or out of place

Elegant Antique Tramp Art Pedestal Box, Albany NY, with Ghostly Photos Inside, as Found antique ledger index I have completely fallen inA beauty. I've gotten so that I like tramp art boxes that are either very minimalist, or very maximalist, and this one perfectly embodies why the former, feeling like a modernist sculpture but painstakingly crafted of cigar box wood. Seven stacked layers on the short sides, six on the long sides, nine on top and what looks to me like a total of 15 underneath. Lifting the lid, I was happy to find the original paper labels lining the interior of the