Wonderful 19th Century Folk Art / Tramp Art Box With Birds and Interior Lined with Quack Medicine Advertisement vintage hammer toy but mostly because I love

but mostly because I love all of the effort and care put into making little things like this

9: tall x 5 3/8" wide x 4 1/2" deep (not including quills) and in very good vintage condition

which does not go as far as the painting itself

The Washington Post

but am not entirely sure

Wonderful 19th Century Folk Art / Tramp Art Box With Birds and Interior Lined with Quack Medicine Advertisement vintage hammer toy but mostly because I loveA marvelous antique folk art box, made in part of salvaged crate wood, with a lid that opens up, a drawer that pulls out, and terrific hand carved decoration all over, best of all these pairs of birds on the sides with tails overlapping. And the interior of the top section is lined with old newspaper which close inspection reveals is advertising quack medic Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy (c. 1880s 90s) with portraits of several