SOLD Early 19th Century Domed Prisoner of War Straw Work Box chinese enamel I'd guess original to his

I'd guess original to his making

They are antique German paper litho covered puzzle blocks

died Hinton

and wear to a couple of patches--as documented in final three photos

with some residue around the perimeter on the reverse

SOLD Early 19th Century Domed Prisoner of War Straw Work Box chinese enamel I'd guess original to hisIt is only recently that I began to pay attention to straw work, also called straw marquetry, but I've become deeply enamored with it. Boxes of this sort are most often described as Napoleonic prisoner of war work, made in England in prisoner of war camps and prison ships, late 18th earlier 19th century, though they draw on centuries prior Far Eastern and European traditions, and continued to be made later. Not unlike tramp art a century later, they