Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! woman on farm which I can't stop looking

which I can't stop looking at

gestures and the tension between them

I've seen a fair number of these sorts of hand-painted enameled porcelain plates with pewter rims and bottoms

is in very good shape

this blushing girl in her fabulous striped dress (with little blue shoe peeking out) bent forward and looking quite contemplative

Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! woman on farm which I can't stop lookingThis 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,