Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside phoenix brush First quarter of the 20th

First quarter of the 20th century British and unused and done in black ink with a little blue (with white polka dots

weeding out some in poor condition

but certainly flexing one's core muscles to hold there

very early Victorian in sensibility

Just the perfect mix of rustic and refined

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside phoenix brush First quarter of the 20thYou are surely smarter than I am and can identify the building at the center of the lid on this antique papered box; looks a bit like the U. S. Capital building, but not quite. I find it a lovely thing whatever the case, made all the better for the blue ink lion engraving adhered to the underside of the lid, and what I believe is Japanese woodblock printed paper on the bottom, signed in red ink characters. And then just a fragment of text along one