Hol(e)y: c. 1870s Punch Paper "Lacework" Cross in Adirondack Frame british transferware along with several other beautiful

along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

very solid and sturdy condition

which included jewelry

with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

Hol(e)y: c. 1870s Punch Paper "Lacework" Cross in Adirondack Frame british transferware along with several other beautifulI've certainly bought and sold a good number of antique perforated punch paper embroideries, but this is the first piece of paper "lacework" I've had, which was created by very carefully cutting away from a large piece of perforated paper to form the shape of a cross and complex interior pattern including many dozens more (tiny) crosses. Rather miraculous, really! Most examples of these I've found seem to date to the 1870s, so I presume this one does