1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box primitive cooking dish Black ink over pencil

Black ink over pencil

I believe this sweet little pressed metal octagonal-shaped box is probably tin

the largest--center--of them red with pretty black pattern

There is some dryness/wear to the wood on the bowl of the spoon and along its edges

It appears the maker signed their name on the underside but I cannot read it

1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box primitive cooking dish Black ink over pencilI've got a real soft spot for inlaid folk art wooden boxes like this one, which, like the best tramp art, embody a combination of skill, individual creativity and lots of patient labor, with the dates on either short end of this one suggesting it took three years to finish! A hundred plus years later it remains in beautiful condition, with just the tiniest bit of loss: two super thin vertical strips at the front corners, super minor, and the wood and