Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross stencil booklet I just looked up Pound

I just looked up Pound of Tea Island--one quarter an acre

and I love the dark brown on bright white window patterns and those green dots on yellow

and it closes tight and flush

but as this one shows some loss to the enamel (looking a bit like a snaking trail of glitter)

Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross stencil booklet I just looked up PoundIf ever there were a tramp art cross that seemed to express unwavering faith, I think it's this so thickly stacked and solid it feels quite invincible. And indeed its the form that I really love about it, with all of those chip carved layers creating a really wonderful geometry, and when laid on its side it looks almost like a piece of architecture. Old, nicely mellowed gold paint, I believe original to it, with some traces of an aqua blue on top that