Mary's Antique Pewter Snuff Box italian ceramic with the bottom drawer divided

with the bottom drawer divided into several compartments

Really a sweet little piece

And so he sleeps under the apple tree and around him linger only loving and tender memories

This is a vintage Javanese Topeng mask--Topeng being the name for Indonesian dance is which mask-wearing

over a threshold or anywhere

Mary's Antique Pewter Snuff Box italian ceramic with the bottom drawer dividedWhat sold me on this 19th century snuff box is the juxtaposition between the fineness of its decoration and the clearly hand scratched "Mary." I thought it likely that Mary did this herself, but on the underside of the box in what appears to be the same hand one can just make out "To Mummy"! The box itself shows wear including some bending to the sides and bottom, but I think is quite lovely still ideally destined for another Mary, though my house at