Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes and attach a new one

and attach a new one

but he has a fantastic presence and patina

And this great long legged girl with her pink top and yellow pants and spade and and hoe and I'm not sure what at the end of her orange glove

and with irregular edges and stains here and there visible on the backs

that were altered by someone along the way for a specific purpose

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes and attach a new oneYou are surely smarter than I am and can identify the building at the center of the lid on this antique papered box; looks a bit like the U. S. Capital building, but not quite. I find it a lovely thing whatever the case, made all the better for the blue ink lion engraving adhered to the underside of the lid, and what I believe is Japanese woodblock printed paper on the bottom, signed in red ink characters. And then just a fragment of text along one