c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup 8" x 4 7/8"

8" x 4 7/8"

It seems to me the scene depicted includes a Native American in canoe coming to assist in the defeat of the serpent

I've been paying more attention to hand-painted folk art tintypes of late

I like the idea of this antique souvenir being used to mark places for future journeys in a giant world atlas

c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup 8" x 4 7/8"I paid a fair bit for this one, and will be very glad to keep it for myself I simply could not resist that yellow, or that blue, and even more so the two of them together. (I have not at all amped up the color here.) Unusual in my experience to find one with decoupage elements on the exterior, too, which I find very charming this is American, c. 1840s I believe (with a stars and stripes shield at the center and en eagle too) but someone was also