Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O blonde joel ellis doll Very good condition with cover

Very good condition with cover wear but but holding together great and clean inside

who seem to hold axes as well

and drawing a bit of a parallel between the miner with his pick axe and the carver with his chisel

purse-lipped expressions on their faces

Woman Fishing, Clever and Pretty 19th C. Patch or Powder Box I/O blonde joel ellis doll Very good condition with coverA 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