Wonderful Antique Engraved Snuff Box with Lawn Bowlers (Presumed British Trench) table croquet 8 3/8" w x 7

8 3/8" w x 7 1/2" t x 4 3/8" d and in good condition

and barely rounded corners

I might think this fabulous woman in pink pillbox hat with yellow pompom was Jackie Kennedy--but the postcard

which is much of what I love about it

There is a tiny hole in the back of each (visible in last photo) that could conceivably be used for adding a mounting pin of sorts

Wonderful Antique Engraved Snuff Box with Lawn Bowlers (Presumed British Trench) table croquet 8 3/8" w x 7One 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