Intensively Stacked Sculptural Old Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid and Velvet Lining hand-painted mid-century vase Founded in 1954 by Weston

Founded in 1954 by Weston and Brenda Andersen and still in operation

I believe the carved frame is original to it

Someone long ago

and a couple of pretty minor surface scratches on the seascape aside as pictured

Intensively Stacked Sculptural Old Tramp Art Box with Hinged Lid and Velvet Lining hand-painted mid-century vase Founded in 1954 by WestonI'm always thrilled to find a super sculptural tramp art box, just of this sort, and this one with a fantastic pattern of 12 stacked squares on the hinged lid. It's quite finely done, really almost delicate (though not fragile) just over 11 inches across, meaning that all those many many chip carved bits are small in scale and were very precisely laid. Beautiful all the way around with no notable losses, with the exception being the center front foot