Man Jumping Fence Chasing Rabbit, 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box with Hand-painting F. Barber drawing I might call them love

I might call them love birds

someone would put a wedding ring inside this to deliver to their true love

and to which she continued to contribute work for prints for several decades

and was delighted to find these

I spotted this one from a distance in a case and made a bee-line for it--the combination of the lush red white and blues of the taped perimeter in combination with the matte gray of the slate makes it to my eye a most gorgeous thing

Man Jumping Fence Chasing Rabbit, 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box with Hand-painting F. Barber drawing I might call them loveI can't quite tell if our man here in red hat jumping the fence is holding a rifle that blends in with the trunk stump of this tree or not, but I take the larger animal as his hunting dog, and believe they're both after that rabbit. Happily, seems like pretty good odds on the rabbit getting away! To me the whole thing seems like a pointed portrayal of the awkward encumbrances humans have created for themselves. 2 7 8" d, lacquered papier mache snuff