Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog (An almost exact likeness of

(An almost exact likeness of this one is listed on First Dibs at $1200)

Clearly used

this one I believe 1941

structurally sound and with tight fitting sliding lid that slides well and holds tightly closed

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog (An almost exact likeness ofI would like to live in a world where handing out lovely rewards of merit for punctuality and good conduct and the like were de rigueur and so I try to to pick up particularly nice examples when I come across them! I like these two as a pair for the array of birds represented an owl and what looks to me like some bird of a prey on the top one, and an eagle on the other. Both hand colored, both dating to the mid 19th c I believe, and both presented