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)

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