Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog structurally sound and with tight

structurally sound and with tight fitting sliding lid that slides well and holds tightly closed

and the right a scissors holder

this one I believe 1941

Clearly used

and the sweet story of a Jacques and Marie escaping to the the beach on a hot July day in Paris

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog structurally sound and with tightI would like to live in a world where handing out lovely rewards of merit for punctuality and good conduct and the like were de rigueur and so I try to to pick up particularly nice examples when I come across them! I like these two as a pair for the array of birds represented an owl and what looks to me like some bird of a prey on the top one, and an eagle on the other. Both hand colored, both dating to the mid 19th c I believe, and both presented