Fine Antique Cut and Spatter Painted Paper Star diable With its handy loop handle

With its handy loop handle on the lid

just light wear to the border decoration on the top

Staple marks at the center and one clean small horizontal tear there

It seems maybe a mix of paint and crayon and varnish and I'm not sure what all

5 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 closed

Fine Antique Cut and Spatter Painted Paper Star diable With its handy loop handleOne of a few paper cuts and paper weavings found in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, just about the most charming I've seen. The orange paper used for this finely cut star within a star appears to have been spatter painted with black (which I recently learned was often done by blowing through a glass tube, like a straw, a technique often used in watercolor theorems.) A very lovely thing, 19th c., most worthy of a good frame. Approx. 4 1 4" tall and wide.