SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes lattice trivet "appointments included running stream water

"appointments included running stream water

Back in the day

painted right above it

Tube measures 8 3/4" l x 2" d

SOLD Painterly Pair of c. Early 19th Century Hinged, Lacquered Snuff Boxes lattice trivet "appointments included running stream waterI 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