Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! handkerchief box should one be so lucky

should one be so lucky as to have lots of things in the $900 range:)) And hard to beat the great surface and super inky black against creamy white

I believe)

and it seems to red pajama one may have once been been blue

red and black glass for the eyes

it looks fantastic and really is quite a thing

Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! handkerchief box should one be so luckyThis is an earlyvery late 18th or very early 19th centuryFrench lacquered papier mch snuff box, and quite an amazing and amusing one, too, which I can find no match of out there anywhere. The text at bottom reads La Charge dun Mari ou le Fardeau du Menage, translating to the burden of the husband or the burden of the householdmeaning, essentially, what a lot of demands this fellow carries on his back, his wife, with two fingers raised behind his head,