winding its way up and around the R from its cross-hatched pot below would be the perfect thing to hang in the room of a child with a first name starting with "R
giving the piece a great dynamism
I'd never seen one before
as was the case with this whimsy rattle
whose right hand was wounded with a bullet on May 9
19th c. Embossed Tin Canister with Figures, Animals, Houses and More shoe snuff box winding its way up andI believe this was made as a tea canister and dates to the 4th quarter of the 19th century. I've never seen another like it, and fell in love with it for the mix of embossed imagery animating the tin, which reminds me a lot of die cuts as well as learn to draw books of the period, with dog, eagle, dove, house, angel, boat, woman holding what I think is a tambourine overhead, and lots more. Very charming and handy for stashing all sorts of things. 7 5