Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box vintage landscape drawing I really like the size

I really like the size and relative simplicity and humility of this old tramp art frame

with nice jointed corners to boot

6 1/4" wide at widest spread

I think this is just a gem of a painting—quintessentially mid-century and really an elegant little piece

is a simple trunk-like lower half

Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box vintage landscape drawing I really like the sizeI have to think, with "antes" printed across the edge of one side, that this sweet hand carved box was made to carry a coin or game chip or two in order to be perpetually ready for a card match. It's certainly quite old, held together with hand forged nails, and with a slide opening on one end and an inset piece at the bottom. I believe the "antes" is branded burned into the surface of the wood, but it is a bit hard to tell. In any event, certainly a