Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lime A great pedestal for all

A great pedestal for all sorts of little things

minimalist manner possible

mounted to archival board with archival tape--and would leave it just as is unless one has a terrific period frame lying around

Not as frequent a subject as a seal or a bird or a figure

and the delicate drawing itself

Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lime A great pedestal for allSome losses to the paper decoration on this small mirrored box, but I think it's quite a charmer, regardless including for the fabulous hand colored engraving framed at center of the lip, with this butterfly winged fairly waving her hand (holding magic herbs or mistletoe?) over the canoodling couple below. One might expect this to be a trinket box, but the underside is sandpaper for striking, so I believe it was meant for matches which defines our