W. S's Excellent Old Chip Carved Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box medium soft pencils which seems to me just

which seems to me just the right sort of vessel in which to empty the soot from a wood burning fireplace

A bit of research reveals that it is in fact a Victorian era invalid carriage --I've included an advertisement from the 1890s featuring one very similar

Bright and crisp with a coat of varnish over the paint which gives shine to the surface

front clasp

continued to use it for a good many years following the repairs

W. S's Excellent Old Chip Carved Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box medium soft pencils which seems to me justA beauty of an old tramp art box in pretty much perfect condition, made by, or for (or both) a W. S. long ago. (And I'm really smitten with the thin and slightly wavy lines of that W.) Carefully executed, perfectly resolved, super sturdy, without a missing bit, and with some nice bubbling to the old varnish on front. And that inverted triangle around the keyhole really brings its geometries together in an excellent way. 11" l x 7 3 8" d x 5 1 4" t.