SOLD Honesty Is the Best Policy, Uncle Harry's (or Hazzy's!?) Large Georgian Tole Painted Snuff/Tobacco Tin antique handmade puppet plus a key hole on

plus a key hole on the front--though there is no longer a key

early 20th century I would guess

Blocks measure 1 7/8” x 1 13/16” x 5/8”

and a bronze (this one I believe) at least once owned by the French government

3 5/8" x 3 1/8" cased

SOLD Honesty Is the Best Policy, Uncle Harry's (or Hazzy's!?) Large Georgian Tole Painted Snuff/Tobacco Tin antique handmade puppet plus a key hole onI'm finding myself ever more attracted to old things bearing phrases that feel timely in the present moment; finding this large hand painted Georgian snuff tobacco box, for example, felt like the distant past was sending urgent message of warning straight to us now! And yes, of course honesty is the best policy how did we forget???? I know this is English, c. 1790s an early one, painted tin, and an especially large one, for tobacco or a table scale