19th C. Lacquer Snuff Box Lid with Handsome Portrait, Period Framed 20th century ledger drawing " and on the other

" and on the other the voice of the husband: "

The stone itself is carved one one side with the name of its onetime owner

Gallery owner Joshua Lowenfels posits that he worked at a television station

turning her into a sort of Victorian era wonder woman

19th C. Lacquer Snuff Box Lid with Handsome Portrait, Period Framed 20th century ledger drawing " and on the otherSuch a striking portrait on this lacquered papier mache snuff box lid, early mid 19th c. of a gentlewoman I think, in broad brimmed green hat, but appealingly androgynous looking. And what a beautiful framing of it, with silver leaves around the perimeter (akin to what one sees on framed painted miniature portraits of the time) that amplify the borders on the lid itself, and with brass hanging loop at top. It appears the portrait is a hand colored