Woman with Bird, Antique Hand-painted Snuff Box Lid c. 1830 (Lid Only) beveled glass and the surface a rather

and the surface a rather beautiful combination of rust and black

bowl measures 5" d x 2 1/2" tall

enhancing the pleasure of this wonderfully unproductive mechanical operation

an orange velvet lining

but certainly it could be included as another balancing element

Woman with Bird, Antique Hand-painted Snuff Box Lid c. 1830 (Lid Only) beveled glass and the surface a ratherThis early hand painted snuff box lid has no bottom, but it's all about the lid anyway. (I'd probably treat it just like a miniature portrait and hang it directly from a nail on the wall.) I've gotten pretty into portraits of woman lately, and have especially been keeping an eye out for portraits of young women with birds, which it seems were used to signal a range of things, from virtue to nobility to (sexual) freedom to fertility. I''m guessing it's