Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! ball in case I've developed a real weakness

I've developed a real weakness for handmade cloth dolls

which take some thought to arrange into their proper orders

which is quite fun to wear

12 x 4“ x 1/2” painted on plywood

this early 20th-century British watercolor juxtaposes Red Valerian

Rare Early (c. 1800) French Papier Mache Snuff Box, The Burdens of the Husband! ball in case I've developed a real weaknessThis is an earlyvery late 18th or very early 19th centuryFrench lacquered papier mch snuff box, and quite an amazing and amusing one, too, which I can find no match of out there anywhere. The text at bottom reads La Charge dun Mari ou le Fardeau du Menage, translating to the burden of the husband or the burden of the householdmeaning, essentially, what a lot of demands this fellow carries on his back, his wife, with two fingers raised behind his head,