Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box 1-10 with some loss of stain

with some loss of stain to the base only

operates smoothly and spins fast

with a few of the pulls it appears having been replaced over time

at an antiques shop in Columbia PA

but found it at Brimfield and couldn't put it down

Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box 1-10 with some loss of stainMarvelous, in the literal sense I can't possibly imagine possessing the skill, let alone the patience, to construct a box like this, composed of many hundreds of interlocking bits, each carved of cigar box wood (with text visible on the sides of a few.) Marvelous too, how the lid interlocks perfectly with the lower box, a seamless fit, forming a perfect whole, which seems as if weightless and floating. I come across a lot of chip carved tramp boxes,