Pair of Cats with Basket and Roses, c. 1920s-30s Ethel Johnt Painting in Original Frame boys own paint box with decorative brass plate around

with decorative brass plate around the keyhole and simple brass swinging lock cover is my favorite I've seen

3 1/2" x 2 5/8" x 1/4"

including a few small clear tears along the right edge

Through the eyes holes show glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white)

Pair of Cats with Basket and Roses, c. 1920s-30s Ethel Johnt Painting in Original Frame boys own paint box with decorative brass plate aroundPhotos don't quite do justice to this one getting enough light on the painting blows out the gold of the frame, but you get the picture! The cat paintings I really like are ones where the faces seem quite human, which I think is the case with this one; they make me think of a pair of older women BFF's most definitely who have had face work plus drawn wings at the corners of their eyes with eye liner! All the better for the way they seem to gaze