Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box cast iron snail Very good condition

Very good condition

It's heavy

I think they are planter perfection

690 AD map of what is now Utrecht and that the castle is the castle Trecht

) I am not sure this piece is that old-- I think perhaps mid- to late-19th century--but certainly it is very finely made

Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box cast iron snail Very good conditionI believe I have NEVER seen another folded paper wrapper box I like as much as this one; the color on this is truly fantastic. I'd guess it is a mix of different sorts of wrappers that were used, folded one by one around bits of cardboard arranged in strata, and whoever made it had a really great eye in addition to investing a great deal of labor and care into every inch of it. I mostly pass these sorts of boxes as they can feel sort of one note, but