Antique Papier Mache Snuff Box with Hand-painted Red, Green and Black Flower yellow box and dried over a period

and dried over a period of several weeks

with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death

Lots of use left in it

and was enhanced with some green and white paint plus yellowy-cream paint across the flat of the stumps

but is in good shape

Antique Papier Mache Snuff Box with Hand-painted Red, Green and Black Flower yellow box and dried over a periodI just thought this one was was really pretty, and in my world one can never have too many pretty boxes, large to very small! 19th c., lacquered papier mache, with the band separating the areas of red a dark green, as is the bottom of the box. Lovely. 2 1 2" in diameter x 7 8" t and in very good condition. There is a tiny hole at the very center perhaps which once held a pin or a pull, which I only noticed in magnified photos.