Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina hard rubber billiard balls Max Ulrich (Uli) Schoop (1903

Max Ulrich (Uli) Schoop (1903 - 1990) was a German born sculptor

and structurally sound

but I understand from the seller I purchased it from that it is signed REA and dated 1949

Nine pin preceded ten pin bowling

Altogether quite a model of creativity and productivity

Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina hard rubber billiard balls Max Ulrich (Uli) Schoop (1903In my experience it's a pretty rare thing to find an old tramp art box that wasn't varnished or painted, making the patina to the dry cigar box wood on this one feel all the more special. I've also got a particular penchant for pedestal shaped tamp boxes, with the construction of their necks involving another level of stacking. There are certainly much fancier ones out there than this, but I love this one a lot, including, perhaps especially, for its