JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design )"--with the unknown-ness of one

)"--with the unknown-ness of one of the subjects seeming directly at odds with the intimacy conveyed in the image

" Whatever the case

Perfect filled with roasted Brussels sprouts

Looks like it may have once had a sort of brass finish

including what looks like a few pencil and pen marks--but still really a lovely piece

JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design )"--with the unknown-ness of oneJust my sort of snuff box, with the freehand engraving about as folky as it gets, and I sure do love the manner of that lettering. But most of all I love the manner of that sea serpent, emerging from the wavering line of the sea, and another wavering line below giving rise to a leafy sprig. The mark on the flip side identifies the brass box as Swedish, produced by Westers Metallfabrik, a metalworking company that was based in Vsters, (on the shore of