Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein The sculpture measures 16 1/4"

The sculpture measures 16 1/4" tall

as well as two sets of initials

tapered (sort of top-like) shape

I'm a green fan of Bennington Potters and also anything with a matte green glaze

With wonderfully hand-painted white letters popping against the black tank and equally perfect yellow carriage on trusty black wheels below

Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein The sculpture measures 16 1/4"I've become really enamored of the way the gold paint on old tramp art pieces like this softens and mellows with age in this case I think at least a hundred years time has resulted in mellow gold perfection. And it's a great frame to begin with five stacked, finely chipped carved layers on most of it, and several more on top of that at the corners. And on the backside, some text visible from the cigar box wood from which it was made. The hanger on