H. Manning, 4 Saratoga Street, East Boston, Hand-painted Tin Box dansk And quite a curious cat

And quite a curious cat expression its maker captured

but I think maybe even better with one soaring here

Paper is fairly brittle and cover is pretty torn up

there is one light surface scratch at lower left tuning diagonal from base of tree to corner

hand-built and painted with dark brown slip

H. Manning, 4 Saratoga Street, East Boston, Hand-painted Tin Box dansk And quite a curious catI'm in love with the gold painted lettering on this old black painted tin box super smart looking and satisfying, and wonderfully playful, and though I haven't been able to find anything on H. Manning, I'm completely smitten with them! I'd guess it was used a cigarette case, though would work for carrying business cards now, or a deck of playing cards too and it seems that both the top and bottom lids come off, though the top one is a bit sticky and I