19th C. Lacquer Snuff Box Lid with Handsome Portrait, Period Framed 20th century ledger drawing box with slide top lid

box with slide top lid

This little sailor--constructed of two real walnuts for head and body

such that one could pull him around via the string that is still attached to the front front--but at some point someone did it the favor of liberating him

turning her into a sort of Victorian era wonder woman

" and on the other the voice of the husband: "

19th C. Lacquer Snuff Box Lid with Handsome Portrait, Period Framed 20th century ledger drawing box with slide top lidSuch a striking portrait on this lacquered papier mache snuff box lid, early mid 19th c. of a gentlewoman I think, in broad brimmed green hat, but appealingly androgynous looking. And what a beautiful framing of it, with silver leaves around the perimeter (akin to what one sees on framed painted miniature portraits of the time) that amplify the borders on the lid itself, and with brass hanging loop at top. It appears the portrait is a hand colored