Wonderful Antique Engraved Snuff Box with Lawn Bowlers (Presumed British Trench) arrows such as "My vessel is

such as "My vessel is healthy

Signed ORG at bottom right for O

6 1/8" across at widest x 3 1/2" tall

This one I found at a multi-dealer shop in Concord

which I'd guess based on this sign operated in the early years of the 20th century

Wonderful Antique Engraved Snuff Box with Lawn Bowlers (Presumed British Trench) arrows such as "My vessel isOne of my very favorite recent finds! Made of brass and shaped like a book, I am thinking this is most likely a piece of British trench art, though quite an unusual one I've certainly never seen a game of boules lawn bowling depicted on a trench art piece, so would guess its maker must have been quite a serious player! The book form of the box, the hinge, and the manner of engraving makes me think trench art, and quite a fine example seems perhaps