Antique Black Lacquer Snuff/Trinket Box with Silver "K" vintage shell game Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

they are in good used condition with wear documented in  photos

And of course that is what makes this one really great--the head rotates

I love the wildly irregular form of the upper half with its fat rolled lip (and one giant air bubble) and then this bulb like base

and some age toning and small stains around the edges

Antique Black Lacquer Snuff/Trinket Box with Silver "K" vintage shell game Childe HassamJust a simple one, but a lovely one, with nice lines and a silver K on the underside of the lid, which of course makes this Kate like it all the more. I believe a snuff box but a slightly larger scale one, which makes it useful one for holding rings or earrings or pills or whatever. Lacquer over wood I think rather than papier mache as it is harder and thinner walled. One can never have too many pretty little boxes, I say! 4 x 1 5 8 x 1 5 8 t and in