Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS Taden Cigarette Cards (2 5/8" x

Cigarette Cards (2 5/8" x 1 1/2" ea) were adhered to brown paper

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Certainly a strong cubist influence

hand-forged iron nails joining the legs to the top

Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS Taden Cigarette Cards (2 5/8" xI purchased this little trunk shaped box, as well as an octagonal one with dove by the same maker, from a dealer friend in Cambridge with one of the very best eyes I know. They both have the first glance feeling of very sweet folk objects to me, almost with the feel of trench art pieces, but yet they're quite nicely crafted, and stamped with a maker's mark, MS, on the underside. Definitely with good age, earlyish 20th c. I would guess and how nice a