Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box chalkware mold done by the same person--and

done by the same person--and unlike any others I've seen

the box shows wear

and bearing an old cloth label that tells us it once housed "Terminal Strips" which I believe would relate to electronics

great rich color (a bit of a plum tint to the brown)

at first I thought it was made of marble (and a friend seeing it a few minutes later thought the same)--always hard to feel things from photos

Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box chalkware mold done by the same person--andThe bold yellow on this one sold me immediately, and then so did her gently smiling face, which together with her crossed arms make her look like she's holding a secret. The scratch to the surface right at the center of her ruffled neckline reads to me as a star, which somehow makes me think of her as Betsy Ross! She seems to me just the right person to hold down the face of a box. 3 1 4" d. Good condition, general wear and a few spots of loss to the