MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina standing figure " late 18th/early 19th c

" late 18th/early 19th c

better in person and changing as the light hits the silver and gold foil

Wood with polychrome

1960s is my gut

20 inches tall x 8" wide x 1" deep (24" tall x 9 3/8" wide when mounted on stand)

MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina standing figure " late 18th/early 19th cThere are neat and crisp match stick boxes and then there are soulful old folk art boxes constructed of matchsticks, and this is very much the latter. I know match sticks creations were often made in prisons, though not exclusively this one, with cross at center and dedicated to MOTHER, has the feeling of prison art to me, but I don't know for sure. An old one and a very folky one whatever the case, with those flowers to either side of the the T in