Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box Battersea enamel with the same words painted

with the same words painted on both sides and two holes drilled right through it for hanging

3 1/4" l x 1 3/4" x 1 5/8" t

which make me think

I've got a special weakness for these floral bouquets executed with such care and precision they are a bit hard to believe

Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box Battersea enamel with the same words paintedFor 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