Three Kittens with String, Charming 19th C. Folk Art Sandpaper Drawing, Framed antique folding fan were used to store ingredients

were used to store ingredients used for betel chewing

This one was certainly made as a teaching toy for children

Established in 1861

It's nice to find beautiful old painter's palette's caked in thick layers of oil paint

Three Kittens with String, Charming 19th C. Folk Art Sandpaper Drawing, Framed antique folding fan were used to store ingredientsThis one! I don't find a whole lot on ebay, but I do keep an eye, and though it was hard to tell from a few not so great photos, I had a hunch this was an antique sandpaper drawing, and indeed, it is! Sandpaper drawings were done in charcoals on paper or board coated with a fine grit, like sandpaper, often incorporating marble dust as well to lend more texture and shimmer. Most one sees are landscapes, but my favorites are drawings of other things,