Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery Closed it measures 4 1/2"

Closed it measures 4 1/2" w x 6 3/4" t x 3/4" deep

with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death

that makes this box for me--beautiful

The image itself is in great condition

pencil and crayon/colored pencil on faintly lined paper

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery Closed it measures 4 1/2"The caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps