JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent Helen Wagner and likely all of them

and likely all of them

which I chose to list side by side as they complement each other wonderfully--this one American

The paper was folded horizontally down the center

The white is a bright

I would probably have a new matte cut if framing

JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent Helen Wagner and likely all of themJust my sort of snuff box, with the freehand engraving about as folky as it gets, and I sure do love the manner of that lettering. But most of all I love the manner of that sea serpent, emerging from the wavering line of the sea, and another wavering line below giving rise to a leafy sprig. The mark on the flip side identifies the brass box as Swedish, produced by Westers Metallfabrik, a metalworking company that was based in Vsters, (on the shore of