Fantastic Tramp Art Large Box with Drawer painted wooden face I believe for brushing hair

I believe for brushing hair off of the neck after a haircut

whose death he wrote about in Big Sur: “Ordinarily the death of a cat means little to most men

with an expression that renders her forever elusive

along the seam

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

Fantastic Tramp Art Large Box with Drawer painted wooden face I believe for brushing hairWhat a box! And what a lot of effort its maker put into making it! The decorative cut wood bits, which have been glued on everywhere, are stained four different shades to my count, and as far as I can tell there is only one bit on the whole piece that is lost at the very center of the top. The top latch on the front opens to reveal two interior trays (and an underside of the lid that is as ornately decorated as the exterior!) Below that, also with a