19th C Dovetailed Writing Box with Fine Scherenschnitte Decorated Lid laquerware but not on her fabulously

but not on her fabulously carved face

are just fantastic — a quintessential example of machine age design

and then the shoes have been painted with a terrific amount of detail: patterns of stripes

and very red lips

and that this was was her laundry stick throughout from girlhood to old age

19th C Dovetailed Writing Box with Fine Scherenschnitte Decorated Lid laquerware but not on her fabulouslyI found this special box in Great Barrington, Ma, and think the wonderful Scherenschnitte cut paper decoupage on the lid is either New England or Pennsylvania in origin, and likely dates to the mid 19th century. There may be some loss but not a lot; among the finely cut images are swans swimming and a variety of other birds, including an eagle with spread wings holding either a snake or banner in its beak. At the center, surrounded by figures with