Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! ball in case produced for Koos Van Den

produced for Koos Van Den Akker

He looks a bit like a dog with antlers and a head-dress

These charming old hand-painted wooden blocks came in a large bin filled with at least a hundred more plain ones--mostly rectangular blocks of various sizes and lengths

this early 20th-century British watercolor juxtaposes Red Valerian

Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! ball in case produced for Koos Van DenThis is an earlyvery late 18th or very early 19th centuryFrench lacquered papier mch snuff box, and quite an amazing and amusing one, too, which I can find no match of out there anywhere. The text at bottom reads La Charge dun Mari ou le Fardeau du Menage, translating to the burden of the husband or the burden of the householdmeaning, essentially, what a lot of demands this fellow carries on his back, his wife, with two fingers raised behind his head,