Amazing Antique Sculptural Tramp Art Watch / Clock / Photograph Display union army history like a present

like a present

with a span of 9" when open

the other I think a bat (a little cat-like too)

late 40s I believe

The blocks are large and chunky and perfect for young hands to stack and build with and throw around--though I might be tempted to keep them for myself

Amazing Antique Sculptural Tramp Art Watch / Clock / Photograph Display union army history like a presentWow! I am guessing this fantastic thing was made to hold a clock or pocket watch in the ring at center, though this photograph looks to have been there perhaps from the time it was completed, which I believe was at the very beginning of the 20th c. (The threaded silver ring holding the photo looks to me as it was made to flip up, but it doesn't do so easily and I'm a bit reluctant to try to force it in any event, it looks to me that a small round