Marvelous Antique Whaler Made Folk Art Snuff Box with Primitive Figures antique retable on wood and our author really loved

and our author really loved her onomatopoeia--the poems are filled with snaps

with just a bit of roughness along one portion of the bottom edge of the box (pictured in photos

all pretty minor

and those wing-like lace shoulders that really sold me on this

designating where the Eastern Stars were meant to assemble

Marvelous Antique Whaler Made Folk Art Snuff Box with Primitive Figures antique retable on wood and our author really lovedThis may just be my favorite find ever, combining just about everything that I love most in one very singular small object. It is a snuff box, pre 1850 I believe based on style and construction, and I am quite sure whaler made. In stark contrast to the fancier scrimshawing one typically sees on whale teeth and the like, what I love about this is the primitiveness of these carved figures, one on one side and a pair on the other, and with these almost