Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lime minimalist manner possible

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These hearts are complete but for the 10

they appear to have been done on cardboard painted cream in a combination of watercolor and gold paint

A great pedestal for all sorts of little things

and is stamped on the bottom “Made in France

Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lime minimalist manner possibleSome losses to the paper decoration on this small mirrored box, but I think it's quite a charmer, regardless including for the fabulous hand colored engraving framed at center of the lip, with this butterfly winged fairly waving her hand (holding magic herbs or mistletoe?) over the canoodling couple below. One might expect this to be a trinket box, but the underside is sandpaper for striking, so I believe it was meant for matches which defines our