c. 1820s French GlassTopped Box with Two Figures and Interior Mirror man with bible or perhaps made to hang

or perhaps made to hang in a civic space

Some foxing on both image and card and emulsion loss

rose and yellow glaze

I think this is especially great hung on the wall with small nails in a few places at different heights so that it slinks across the wall a bit

casting one eye at us while the other is already on the other side of this broken fence

c. 1820s French GlassTopped Box with Two Figures and Interior Mirror man with bible or perhaps made to hangBoxes in this manner are typically described as "dragee" boxes made to contain French bonbons, or dragee, in the earlyish 19th century. This one, however, has an interior mirror, so perhaps instead was a patch box, or held something else meant for beautifying oneself. A few losses, but pretty amazing to have endured 200 years perhaps protected by the heavenward pointing gesture one of the men seems to me making! (I'm really not quite sure what the man