Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! elegant wooden citrus reamer The eleven different traps pictured

The eleven different traps pictured are geared toward catching mice

It was arranged and pressed just right and has  endured remarkably well

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

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

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! elegant wooden citrus reamer The eleven different traps picturedSuch 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