Two Felixes with Red Moon Folk Art Holder vintage Japanese lacquer box Plus this great green flourish

Plus this great green flourish at the front of her purple hat

I'd guess the deck dates to the 1940s or so

which is how the plates are marked

but I think it's very sweet

and it's a fun one--big and chunky and rustically carved

Two Felixes with Red Moon Folk Art Holder vintage Japanese lacquer box Plus this great green flourishI continue to love how folk art doorstops and knick knacks like this napkin or letter holder reflect the particularities of their makers as well as well as the properties of the paint! they were made with. I had one other with two Felix the cats in the shop made according to the same design, but its (very wonky) character was radically different than this one, which I especially love for the wonderfully alligatored paint tin the minty green eyes,