ERL's Old Handmade Tool Box in Old Green Paint antique tramp art chest with mirror and in the ensuing century

and in the ensuing century plus the black paint has alligatored just like on my favorite old folk art doorstops

though I did then take out a magnifier to examine most every inch of it

streamlined form

His body is sewn of flannel

but not the lower body

ERL's Old Handmade Tool Box in Old Green Paint antique tramp art chest with mirror and in the ensuing centuryJust the right scale of tool box for the essentials, or a good tackle box too or just a good box to stash some things in an set somewhere to admire. I love a box with a name or monogram painted on it, here I'd guess the latter but I like to think of its maker as an just Erl with no "a." In its excellent old dark green paint with great alligatoring to the white painted letters and sturdy as can be. With a brass latch that could take a lock on front,