Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley and presumably date from around

and presumably date from around the 1840s when Fitzgerald was engaged in military service

painting away

Stands up straight on its flat base

A happy thing

the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley and presumably date from aroundThis 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