Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four turned wood cylinder box great on a desk as

great on a desk as as a paperweight or perched atop a pile of books or magazines

) masks at the estate sale of a gallerist and incredible collector

and then a turned and threaded handle

6 1/2" long x 1 5/8" wide x 1 3/4" tall and in excellent condition

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Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four turned wood cylinder box great on a desk asThis is a wonderful set of 4 lithograph cards, each featuring one animal with information about it on back. I believe these were produced in the 1880s, and represent the work of a few different artists, including Charles Edward Brittan (1837 1888), an English painter and illustrator known for animals and landscapes, and William Dickes (1815 1892), an English illustrator, engraver, printmaker and lithographer. This set of four includes the Brown Bear,