Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box civil war canister shot as if it has been

as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so

as well as for poetry and novel writing of course

This lovely little olive wood snuff box was purchased in France years ago

with a gap between head and neck visible from the back and sides

making me imagine a toll booth with a 25 cent passage fee

Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box civil war canister shot as if it has beenFor the snuff box collection, or the portrait gallery, or the collection of lovely young women! And in red white and blue, too. C. 1820s 30s or so, I believe, hand painted on lacquered papier mache box. I always especially love portraits of young women of this era for game of seduction they play with the drape of her red sash crossing just below her waist almost like a bullfighter's red muleta. 3 1 4 x 2 1 8 x 7 8 and in good condition, with light