Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O folk art station modular perfection with excellent paint

modular perfection with excellent paint and wear

with plenty off rusting (one one side more than the other)

and for the play of hands encircling that doll

and so feels as if revealing something about the spirit of the subject

6" x 5 " x 5/16" and in good condition

Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O folk art station modular perfection with excellent paintA lovely little box and a clever one too, with the image of a young woman fishing surely a metaphor for the box's contents makeup to assist in the art of seduction (or, more crassly, in fishing for a mate!) Made of celluloid with embossed brass around the sides and the image a hand colored engraving printed on cloth. I am not completely certain if a patch box, for beauty marks to be adhered to the face, or for rouge powder, but I believe one or the