Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! circus clown It stands (or sits or

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I'm not sure the age or origins of this one

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the original Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (born John Edward Kelly) lived a short life

Early 19th C. British Lacquered Papier Mache Snuff Box, View From Below! circus clown It stands (or sits orSuch 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