Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper in art history classes

in art history classes

and is still being made today

And with a pretty fabulous drawing of a horse on reverse

to the remnants of old blue-gray paint (and a few spatters of a neon-green)

Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper in art history classesI'd guess this small tin wall box was meant to hold matches, which it could still, or one could, say, plant a sprig of creeping ivy in it, to ultimately give this Felix a head of hair! I might guess mid 20th c or so, with nice thick black and white paint for the face and red for the box. 4" tall x 3 1 2" wide x 1 3 4" deep and in good shape, with a little wear to the paint and a few small stains.