Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle 2 1/4" in diameter x

2 1/4" in diameter x 3/8" deep

There is no handle on the back

whose last name I can't quite read

Their super painterly surfaces appear to be thickly applied enamel

invented in 1879

Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle 2 1/4" in diameter xPerhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals and soldiers, too, listed separately would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so. Pure joy. I'm especially partial to Elephant and Elephant Baby, but that Dromedary (aka one humped camel) is pretty fantastic too. I purchased a larger lot of these and have