Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina hard rubber billiard balls Nine pin preceded ten pin

Nine pin preceded ten pin bowling

Max Ulrich (Uli) Schoop (1903 - 1990) was a German born sculptor

is just about to get tagged

8 5/8" l x 2 5/8" w x 7/8" thick and in sound condition

who apparently appeared to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill

Nice 1914 Chip Carved Tramp Art Lidded Pedestal Box with Great Dry Wood Patina hard rubber billiard balls Nine pin preceded ten pinIn my experience it's a pretty rare thing to find an old tramp art box that wasn't varnished or painted, making the patina to the dry cigar box wood on this one feel all the more special. I've also got a particular penchant for pedestal shaped tamp boxes, with the construction of their necks involving another level of stacking. There are certainly much fancier ones out there than this, but I love this one a lot, including, perhaps especially, for its