Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box including for the fact that

including for the fact that it feels pretty existential to me

and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic

A couple of minor old fold lines on legs

with an April snowstorm happening here as I write this

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box including for the fact thatYou are surely smarter than I am and can identify the building at the center of the lid on this antique papered box; looks a bit like the U. S. Capital building, but not quite. I find it a lovely thing whatever the case, made all the better for the blue ink lion engraving adhered to the underside of the lid, and what I believe is Japanese woodblock printed paper on the bottom, signed in red ink characters. And then just a fragment of text along one