Sculptural Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Box tire sign This house has definitely lived

This house has definitely lived a life

and a little loss to what was surely once a sharp point at the center of the top

With a hand-painted papier-mache head and a body sewn of two complementary brown and white patterned fabrics

completely stable and not fragile/delicate (any more than any other piece of porcelain

Sculptural Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Box tire sign This house has definitely livedI've gotten increasingly picky about tramp art pieces, whether frames or boxes or whatever, but this box pleases me very much, with an especially nice top view punctuated by brass tacks (they look to me like upholstery tacks) at center and corners. Nice scale, very sculptural, and in very good shape, with lid that lifts off and sits flush (not hinged.) Original stain, which looks more soft black from above and more reddish (varnished) from the sides.