Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box vintage landscape drawing with nice jointed corners to

with nice jointed corners to boot

or by leaving them without a move

I love them together and would probably use them as planters--the taller for something leafy and the low one for a few succulents

I really like the size and relative simplicity and humility of this old tramp art frame

At the center

Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box vintage landscape drawing with nice jointed corners toI have to think, with "antes" printed across the edge of one side, that this sweet hand carved box was made to carry a coin or game chip or two in order to be perpetually ready for a card match. It's certainly quite old, held together with hand forged nails, and with a slide opening on one end and an inset piece at the bottom. I believe the "antes" is branded burned into the surface of the wood, but it is a bit hard to tell. In any event, certainly a