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

On one side are numerical numbers

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

just as with this one

with a heart shaped leaf (the shape I think is wrong to represent a tobacco leaf) on a long stem

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

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