Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross Zanesville ribbed planter I really love the features

I really love the features of the hand-drawn face

I like the form of this one

as it looks an awfully lot like the square slide top boxes in which Froebel blocks were housed

He's got a bit of the feel of a sled dog to me

Whether it came before or after I can't say for sure

Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross Zanesville ribbed planter I really love the featuresIf ever there were a tramp art cross that seemed to express unwavering faith, I think it's this so thickly stacked and solid it feels quite invincible. And indeed its the form that I really love about it, with all of those chip carved layers creating a really wonderful geometry, and when laid on its side it looks almost like a piece of architecture. Old, nicely mellowed gold paint, I believe original to it, with some traces of an aqua blue on top that