Sweet Antique Morris D. Neumann & Co. Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box with Heart at Center folk art daguerreotype purchased from one of my

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

mount is 4 7/8" wide x 3 1/4"

and certainly dates to the 19th century

just a carver's whimsy

and the compass signifying boundaries and the relationship between individuals and society

Sweet Antique Morris D. Neumann & Co. Cigar Box Wood Tramp Art Box with Heart at Center folk art daguerreotype purchased from one of myI 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