Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box with a little rippling to

with a little rippling to the paper (maybe from moisture at some point)

and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic

And the threaded top half screws tightly onto the bottom to keep anything inside super secure

but it is no longer stuck to the paper below it

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside atlas carpet tacks box with a little rippling toYou 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