Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! elegant wooden citrus reamer It feels very Zen to

It feels very Zen to me--a completely harmonious balance of form

I think the looseness and lack of color

The eleven different traps pictured are geared toward catching mice

a little further research has led me to understand the origins of the technique to be

A great addition to a collection of Southern pottery (or any pottery

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! elegant wooden citrus reamer It feels very Zen toSuch 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