Woman with Bird, Antique Hand-painted Snuff Box Lid c. 1830 (Lid Only) beveled glass but I think it is

but I think it is pretty terrific

which feels as relaxed and joyful and confisdent as the nude herself looks

but certainly it could be included as another balancing element

bowl measures 5" d x 2 1/2" tall

with detailed fingers resting on bent knees

Woman with Bird, Antique Hand-painted Snuff Box Lid c. 1830 (Lid Only) beveled glass but I think it isThis early hand painted snuff box lid has no bottom, but it's all about the lid anyway. (I'd probably treat it just like a miniature portrait and hang it directly from a nail on the wall.) I've gotten pretty into portraits of woman lately, and have especially been keeping an eye out for portraits of young women with birds, which it seems were used to signal a range of things, from virtue to nobility to (sexual) freedom to fertility. I''m guessing it's