Fantastic Tramp Art Large Box with Drawer painted wooden face " I have found a

" I have found a couple of others pairs out there but have not been able to figure out who the Scher is

but presume it dates from the first half of the 20th century

with an expression that renders her forever elusive

whose death he wrote about in Big Sur: “Ordinarily the death of a cat means little to most men

and a mark that looks sort of like a “C” on the bottom

Fantastic Tramp Art Large Box with Drawer painted wooden face " I have found aWhat a box! And what a lot of effort its maker put into making it! The decorative cut wood bits, which have been glued on everywhere, are stained four different shades to my count, and as far as I can tell there is only one bit on the whole piece that is lost at the very center of the top. The top latch on the front opens to reveal two interior trays (and an underside of the lid that is as ornately decorated as the exterior!) Below that, also with a