JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design and more layers of paper

and more layers of paper inside

It appears that the date carved into the bottom is 1974

but have no further information on it

including what looks like a few pencil and pen marks--but still really a lovely piece

blood red lips

JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design and more layers of paperJust 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