DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Footed keepsake box with stippling
NameBox
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateLate 19th - early 20th century
Place madeUnited States, North America
MediumWood, Metal
Dimensions5 1/8 × 8 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (13 × 22 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, courtesy of Judith A. Jedlicka, A.2016.28.139
Object numberA.2016.28.139
ProvenanceCollection of Judith A. Jedlicka, purchased from Helaine Fendelman, art appraiser and tramp art scholar, New York, ca. 1980s
DescriptionThis tramp art box is comprised of notched and stippled wood. The box has a hinged lid that can be clasped with a small brass clasp at the front of the box. At the font of the base of the box there are two crescent shape cut outs with notched edging. This pattern is seen at the base of each of the sides of this box.
20th century
Artist Not Recorded
April 1916
Artist Not Recorded
February 1912