Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! antique cup ) With the figure's arms

) With the figure's arms raised as if to hold reins

a descendant (the great granddaughter

I believe it dates to 1940s and is still quite shiny and super smart looking

I'm a sucker for a folk art house of any sort

one can come pretty close

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! antique cup ) With the figure's armsSuch a fun one. I'm always delighted by the humor of those Brits in the early 1800s this Georgian snuff box immediately made me think of a Sunderland transferware chamber pot I once had of the same period, with witty verse of the toilet humor variety and a frog inside, waiting with open mouth! This snuff box feels more carnivalesque, as if a window offering a view of a boy uncomfortably trapped inside the box! A rare one, and a great one, which also