Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box German ww2 drawing Nice and substantial

Nice and substantial

but really lovely

and rather a satisfying thing to hold in one's hand and carry around

black ink on white laid paper

Intricately Interlocking Marvelous Crown of Thorns Lidded Tramp Art Box German ww2 drawing Nice and substantialMarvelous, 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,