Bootsey! Old Match Stick and Inlay Tramp Art Box with Head, Hearts, and Photos Inside silver and glass I find the bold black

I find the bold black stencil painted lettering against creamy white ground on this old sign very beautiful

with hand-colored pink cheeks on the portrait to boot

I purchased it from a seller who believes they were the first person to remove the drawing from the frame since around the time it was made

and lunar phenomenon specifically

The wood is aged with both water-stains and iron stain trails from the nails

Bootsey! Old Match Stick and Inlay Tramp Art Box with Head, Hearts, and Photos Inside silver and glass I find the bold blackQuite a patina on this one, and quite a lot of charms packed into it, outside and in and how ever to resist a box made by, or for, a Bootsey, especially when spelled out in matchsticks?! Inlaid silhouette of a woman's head on top, pair of hearts facing front, and all sorts of other decoration executed in matchsticks, other inlaid bits of wood, and and what look to be some seeds mixed in for texture, too. On the interior, a built out photo frame on the