JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent Helen Wagner with the cutout window revealing

with the cutout window revealing when the mail's been delivered

I would probably have a new matte cut if framing

Yellowing and soiling to the photo/plastic as evident

and likely all of them

Some wear to the paint and dings here and there

JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent Helen Wagner with the cutout window revealingJust my sort of snuff box, with the freehand engraving about as folky as it gets, and I sure do love the manner of that lettering. But most of all I love the manner of that sea serpent, emerging from the wavering line of the sea, and another wavering line below giving rise to a leafy sprig. The mark on the flip side identifies the brass box as Swedish, produced by Westers Metallfabrik, a metalworking company that was based in Vsters, (on the shore of