Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! circus clown a draped and veiled woman

a draped and veiled woman in front of another veil (curtain) pulled to reveal the geometries of a Spanish Colonial building behind--all drawn with an energy and boldness that lends drama to what already feels rather like a scene from a play

It was owned by a Jacob K

and perhaps  just the right thing to live within a Joseph Cornell sort of boxed construction

I'm not sure the age or origins of this one

the original Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (born John Edward Kelly) lived a short life

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! circus clown a draped and veiled womanSuch 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