Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lidded crock Riders sit about 6" tall

Riders sit about 6" tall measured up from base

as I've seem a few with a similar sort of standing armature holding a rotating dowel at center

This pair is heavy enough to hold up even the heaviest row of art books--or perhaps  ideally a bunch of tomes about self sufficiency

I believe the landscape pictured here is the Lowcountry of Southern South Carolina and that the gestural

Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lidded crock Riders sit about 6" tallSome losses to the paper decoration on this small mirrored box, but I think it's quite a charmer, regardless including for the fabulous hand colored engraving framed at center of the lip, with this butterfly winged fairly waving her hand (holding magic herbs or mistletoe?) over the canoodling couple below. One might expect this to be a trinket box, but the underside is sandpaper for striking, so I believe it was meant for matches which defines our