Compass Rose Encircled in Red Rings, Sublime Hand-painted Early 19th Century Snuff Box antique sunderland who almost seems as if

who almost seems as if lifted in from another scene entirely

and most of all full of the never-ending (and very early Victorian) drive to make momentos of every sort lest one be forgotten

Clearly it has lived in this frame for a long time and I have not opened it up

I think the blue-eyed "Fat Boy" may actually be based on a Dickensian character of the same title

but also really the perfect scale for holding garden gloves and clippers etc

Compass Rose Encircled in Red Rings, Sublime Hand-painted Early 19th Century Snuff Box antique sunderland who almost seems as ifAnother object that for me is pure perfection. The color, the paint, the patina, and what better than a compass rose at the center of a snuff box to carry around in one's pocket as one navigates through the world? Sublime, right down to the small white dots midway between each point of the star, and with those red rings evincing a target, as if this were the north star, to keep forever in one's sights. 2 15 16" d x 11 16" t. Just gorgeous paint,