SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes dyed splint ash but they will roll around

but they will roll around with a little assistance

Dickie (a relative of the box owner I'd guess) who had headed a New York company during the Civil War

it makes a very strong argument for paying more attention

she worked at the Hudson River Museum

one bald spot on her head

SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes dyed splint ash but they will roll aroundI found these two together in New Hampshire and think they are perfectly complimentary, so am offering them as a pair. Both lacquered papier mache, Georgian period British I believe, and I think meant to mimic tortoiseshell, but what I love about them is how much the black and red painted decoration resembles grain painting, super lush and painterly on the larger and looking as if applied with finger tips on the smaller. Like paint decorated American