SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes white vase with gray flowers I also love how intrepid

I also love how intrepid she looks

which became a thing in the 19th century (and certainly is still

)  Beautifully crafted and super sculptural

There are actually two slightly different pairs that make up this set of four

and who knows what all

SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes white vase with gray flowers I also love how intrepidI found these two together in New Hampshire and think they are perfectly complimentary, so am offering them as a pair. Both lacquered papier mache, Georgian period British I believe, and I think meant to mimic tortoiseshell, but what I love about them is how much the black and red painted decoration resembles grain painting, super lush and painterly on the larger and looking as if applied with finger tips on the smaller. Like paint decorated American