Very Sweet Georgian Silver Snuff Box with Delicately Engraved Hen Helen Malta drawing An all-American portrait of the

An all-American portrait of the artist as a young man

The box measures 6

) at center reading like eyes and making the whole thing seem like a hulking creature

from the excellent black and gold painted exterior of the wooden fame (with red painted interior)

with just a bit of red wax residue around the lip that I should be able to fully remove

Very Sweet Georgian Silver Snuff Box with Delicately Engraved Hen Helen Malta drawing An all-American portrait of theI believe this snuff tobacco box is Georgian, late 18th early 19th century I've found a few very very similar examples in terms of the construction and detailing of the box, most notably one sold by Greenwich Auctions in Connecticut (live auctioneers link here); the engraving on that one of a woman amid a simple farm scene was more elaborate, but the manner the same. And though unmarked, this is definitely silver. I fell in love with it though for