Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

the checkerboard is oriented horizontally

and parents Paul and Mary

this child's layers of all white

I think this huge roll of them is just a beautiful readymade object as it is

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

Large, Heavy Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid Lois Gross Smiley the checkerboard is oriented horizontallyThis 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