Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four nativity inside walnut with one large wheel in

with one large wheel in the middle of the vehicle

They were ultimately replaced by the (far less beautiful

from the triangular orange topper on the lid

and signed on the bottom

and each one is wonderfully unique

Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four nativity inside walnut with one large wheel inThis is a wonderful set of 4 lithograph cards, each featuring one animal with information about it on back. I believe these were produced in the 1880s, and represent the work of a few different artists, including Charles Edward Brittan (1837 1888), an English painter and illustrator known for animals and landscapes, and William Dickes (1815 1892), an English illustrator, engraver, printmaker and lithographer. This set of four includes the Brown Bear,