Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box souvenir book " and indeed they were

" and indeed they were definitely born of the same mother

with a heart shaped leaf (the shape I think is wrong to represent a tobacco leaf) on a long stem

but it is double layered on the top so it does not show there

perhaps commemorating the too short life of this young girl (who I suppose could just as likely be a boy)

Pretty Young Woman in Blue, Georgian Hand-painted Snuff Box souvenir book " and indeed they wereFor the snuff box collection, or the portrait gallery, or the collection of lovely young women! And in red white and blue, too. C. 1820s 30s or so, I believe, hand painted on lacquered papier mache box. I always especially love portraits of young women of this era for game of seduction they play with the drape of her red sash crossing just below her waist almost like a bullfighter's red muleta. 3 1 4 x 2 1 8 x 7 8 and in good condition, with light