Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! antique cup including some ancient Chancay Peruvian

including some ancient Chancay Peruvian woven pieces

a descendant (the great granddaughter

one can come pretty close

but is in excellent condition

I believe it dates to 1940s and is still quite shiny and super smart looking

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! antique cup including some ancient Chancay PeruvianSuch a fun one. I'm always delighted by the humor of those Brits in the early 1800s this Georgian snuff box immediately made me think of a Sunderland transferware chamber pot I once had of the same period, with witty verse of the toilet humor variety and a frog inside, waiting with open mouth! This snuff box feels more carnivalesque, as if a window offering a view of a boy uncomfortably trapped inside the box! A rare one, and a great one, which also