Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! woman on farm from beautifully rounded bottom to

from beautifully rounded bottom to finely detailed little finial on top

Let the loud trumpet sound

and while I don't know that he's antique

which I can't stop looking at

I find the relationship between the form of the turned handle and the tapered bristles at the other end of this brush super satisfying

Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! woman on farm from beautifully rounded bottom toThis 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,