Antique Hand-colored Lithograph of Woman and Cat with Bird, c. 1840s-50s frame tobacco silk Such a fantastic box

Such a fantastic box

The drawings were cut out and mounted to the black paper of old photo album

I truly believe one can never have too many boxes

Lignum vitae is a gorgeous and rather miraculous very hard wood

Antique Hand-colored Lithograph of Woman and Cat with Bird, c. 1840s-50s frame tobacco silk Such a fantastic boxBad kitty! I believe this very charming antique hand colored lithograph dates to the 1840s or so, but the naughty birding cat is pretty timeless, wonderfully rendered here with yellow winged bird upside down in its mouth and I think that is a tear in the eye of our girl as she scolds it! In an old black painted wood frame, papered on the back and wired for hanging. Framed size: 8" x 5 7 8" x 3 4". Visible image: 6 1 2" x 4 3 8". A couple of chips to