Pair of Cats with Basket and Roses, c. 1920s-30s Ethel Johnt Painting in Original Frame boys own paint box issued as a promotional deck

issued as a promotional deck by the Sandusky Cement Co--a nationally known cement company founded in 1892

Through the eyes holes show glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white)

and the more I look at real Chinese Cinnabar carving

There is one small hairline crack along the lip

11” t x 3 5/8” w x 3 5/8” d

Pair of Cats with Basket and Roses, c. 1920s-30s Ethel Johnt Painting in Original Frame boys own paint box issued as a promotional deckPhotos don't quite do justice to this one getting enough light on the painting blows out the gold of the frame, but you get the picture! The cat paintings I really like are ones where the faces seem quite human, which I think is the case with this one; they make me think of a pair of older women BFF's most definitely who have had face work plus drawn wings at the corners of their eyes with eye liner! All the better for the way they seem to gaze