Jerry's Old Match Stick and Inlay Tramp Art Dresser Box with Heart Shaped Hinges animal trap designs am thinking the spikes may

am thinking the spikes may have been added for stoking and scooping out a  fireplace

so perhaps they accompanied lobster rolls and fried clams

but what a beautiful sort of frame now

The backing

Jerry's Old Match Stick and Inlay Tramp Art Dresser Box with Heart Shaped Hinges animal trap designs am thinking the spikes maySurely there is a Jerry out there somewhere who has been waiting for years for a old tramp inlaid matchstick box with his or her name on it! But whether a Jerry or not, it's a sweet one, and an old one, and one infused with a lot of love, both in its making and in its patina of wear and use. I love the wonkiness of the inlaid letters running diagonal across the lid (with two inlaid diamonds to balance, reading a bit like a pair of eyes) and its very