Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes perfect for stringing on a

perfect for stringing on a chain now and wearing as a lucky

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

(Oz was published in 1900

which sometimes bear the names of varieties with which I am unfamiliar--but what a much more comprehensive and unfamiliar list this is

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes perfect for stringing on aYou 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