Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper illustrations including for several children's

illustrations including for several children's books) are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum

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

this one just the right size for one big bloom

I'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it

On the cord

Felix the Cat Hand-painted Little Folk Art Tin Wall Box stone salt and pepper illustrations including for several children'sI'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.