1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box primitive cooking dish with the blue frame around

with the blue frame around the scene having the feel of a window

I think of these as the coastal cousins of chip-carved tramp art boxes

and quite a piece of history on many fronts

Excellent--I assume antique--condition

There is some dryness/wear to the wood on the bowl of the spoon and along its edges

1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box primitive cooking dish with the blue frame aroundI've got a real soft spot for inlaid folk art wooden boxes like this one, which, like the best tramp art, embody a combination of skill, individual creativity and lots of patient labor, with the dates on either short end of this one suggesting it took three years to finish! A hundred plus years later it remains in beautiful condition, with just the tiniest bit of loss: two super thin vertical strips at the front corners, super minor, and the wood and