Sweet Antique Morris D. Neumann & Co. Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box with Heart at Center folk art daguerreotype 6 1/4" long x 1

6 1/4" long x 1 1/8" wide x 3/4" deep and in great structural condition with a terrific patina of wear

just a carver's whimsy

Both I know were found in the Sartre region

purchased from one of my favorite dealers and friends at New Hampshire Antiques Week

Most definitely worthy of framing

Sweet Antique Morris D. Neumann & Co. Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box with Heart at Center folk art daguerreotype 6 1/4" long x 1I don't hunt nearly as actively for tramp art boxes as I once did there are plenty of others who do but give me a box with a heart at the center of it, and I'll usually jump on it. The underside of this one, which I purchased in Nashville from a dealer based in Iowa who always has many things I love, shows it was crafted from a Morris D. Neumann 5 cent cigar box, a fairly rare one, dating it to the first decade of the 20th century I believe. I like