Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein Nails at the shoulder allow

Nails at the shoulder allow his arms to swing 360 degrees

This very sweet little hand-carved puzzle cross is harder than it looks

tapered (sort of top-like) shape

The sculpture measures 16 1/4" tall

as well as two sets of initials

Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein Nails at the shoulder allowI'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