Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper And with a pretty fabulous

And with a pretty fabulous drawing of a horse on reverse

which feels more like modernist design object than whimsy carving

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Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper And with a pretty fabulousI'd guess this small tin wall box was meant to hold matches, which it could still, or one could, say, plant a sprig of creeping ivy in it, to ultimately give this Felix a head of hair! I might guess mid 20th c or so, with nice thick black and white paint for the face and red for the box. 4" tall x 3 1 2" wide x 1 3 4" deep and in good shape, with a little wear to the paint and a few small stains.