SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase with a little paint staining

with a little paint staining (not foxing) on the unused back

In great structural shape and good for a spin

the basic goal is to grab one jack while throwing the ball in the air then letting it bounce once and catching it

part of what drew me it that this is clearly that--a tintype of an earlier cased photo

the two splits on the lid of the box were very well repaired with glue at some point

SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase with a little paint stainingI didn't realize French butcher shop dioramas were such a thing prior to finding this one the other day, but indeed there is a long history of them; a quick search turns up a number of quite extraordinary 19th century examples. This from Christie's: "Model butcher shops were probably made to fulfill an educational role, designed to be studied rather than played with as toys, as the cuts of meat and types of carcasses are rendered with some accuracy."