Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! circus clown the Fraternal Order of Eagles

the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F

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

which makes me feel the fortitude of this man

carrying large medicine bag in one hand and cane in the other

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 the Fraternal Order of EaglesSuch 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