Amazing Old Silver Painted Chip Carved Tramp Art Shrine stone blocks set framed in a gold painted

framed in a gold painted frame wired on the back for hanging

it reminds me of the wonders of wax resist

then each two-page spread of the book in order

perfect on the kitchen counter

but unreadable other than what looks like a big cursive S

Amazing Old Silver Painted Chip Carved Tramp Art Shrine stone blocks set framed in a gold paintedI seem to having a moment of attraction to shiny things (i. e. the gold painted tramp art frame I just listed), and also to religious iconography, both culminating in this amazing old tramp art shrine! I purchased it from a Boston based tramp art collector and author in the process of selling off some 50 years accumulation; he believed it dates to the first quarter or so of the 20th century and that the sliver paint is original to it. The legs are