Exceptionally Good Old Tramp Art Match Stick Sweetheart Box with Inlays and Submerged Heart Finial clog shaped snuff box but more richly toned in

but more richly toned in hand than my photos convey

but I especially love ones like this that open out

It is the perfect shade of green--somewhere between olive and kelly--with a fabulous pop of orange around the lid

hinge on the opposite side is holding fine

and making me think about the connections between clowning and drag

Exceptionally Good Old Tramp Art Match Stick Sweetheart Box with Inlays and Submerged Heart Finial clog shaped snuff box but more richly toned inMatch stick tramp art at its finest, I'd say. Pretty much perfect condition, inlays everywhere, and this wonderful half submerged heart finial at the center of the lid, which says to me it was surely made as a a sweetheart gift. With a rich red velvet lining to the interior, and even the underside of the lid (where the completeness of the heart is revealed) is covered with carefully laid matchsticks, as is the bottom of the box. A really beauty. 7 1