Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross old handmade cloth doll ) I believe this particular

) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise

This one seems never to have been used that way but clearly was left out in the elements for many years

making it perfect for serving—I am picturing it right now filled with pasta primavera

P Kuchlar and is addressed to an Otto Kuchler

When I spot a tramp art tray made of matchsticks like this one (very rarely

Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross old handmade cloth doll ) I believe this particularIf ever there were a tramp art cross that seemed to express unwavering faith, I think it's this so thickly stacked and solid it feels quite invincible. And indeed its the form that I really love about it, with all of those chip carved layers creating a really wonderful geometry, and when laid on its side it looks almost like a piece of architecture. Old, nicely mellowed gold paint, I believe original to it, with some traces of an aqua blue on top that