Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle and is definitely one of

and is definitely one of the finest I have seen

published by John Payson Soule (1828-1904)

invented in 1879

Their super painterly surfaces appear to be thickly applied enamel

Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle and is definitely one ofPerhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals and soldiers, too, listed separately would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so. Pure joy. I'm especially partial to Elephant and Elephant Baby, but that Dromedary (aka one humped camel) is pretty fantastic too. I purchased a larger lot of these and have