Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box souvenir book On one side are numerical

On one side are numerical numbers

You have to look close

with just a but of separation between the board and wire along the bottom on the brown one

and the brass is so bright and shiny there is a tiny part of me that thinks perhaps made of gold

but it is double layered on the top so it does not show there

Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box souvenir book On one side are numericalFor the snuff box collection, or the portrait gallery, or the collection of lovely young women! And in red white and blue, too. C. 1820s 30s or so, I believe, hand painted on lacquered papier mache box. I always especially love portraits of young women of this era for game of seduction they play with the drape of her red sash crossing just below her waist almost like a bullfighter's red muleta. 3 1 4 x 2 1 8 x 7 8 and in good condition, with light