Exceptionally Good Old Tramp Art Match Stick Sweetheart Box with Inlays and Submerged Heart Finial clog shaped snuff box but open it and it

but open it and it is a gift that just keeps giving

as the way it has deteriorated makes it seem as if lapped by the waves for many years

her cousin once removed

hinge on the opposite side is holding fine

and making me think about the connections between clowning and drag

Exceptionally Good Old Tramp Art Match Stick Sweetheart Box with Inlays and Submerged Heart Finial clog shaped snuff box but open it and itMatch stick tramp art at its finest, I'd say. Pretty much perfect condition, inlays everywhere, and this wonderful half submerged heart finial at the center of the lid, which says to me it was surely made as a a sweetheart gift. With a rich red velvet lining to the interior, and even the underside of the lid (where the completeness of the heart is revealed) is covered with carefully laid matchsticks, as is the bottom of the box. A really beauty. 7 1