Simple, Useful Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame in Red Paint with Original Glass folk art model boat This feels as much like

This feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me

with a very rich warm dry patina to the splint

it makes me thing about who was directed to enter through the front doors and who through the sides and everything embedded in that

8 1/4" x 6 1/8" and in stable antique condition--plenty of wear

charming all the way through

Simple, Useful Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame in Red Paint with Original Glass folk art model boat This feels as much likeNot a fancy one, but a useful one, and an old one, with original glass, well suited to framing up many a thing. Chip carved details, original dark red paint, with no losses at all that I see, just a little surface wear to the paint as there should. 12 3 4" x 9 3 4". Opening 8 3 4" x 5 3 4". Sturdy and sound.