WWII Trench Art Case with Embracing Couple Plus Beauties Inside carved snuff bottle which I would guess date

which I would guess date from the the 1940s or earlier

It bears some resemblance to the birds produced by Stangl Pottery in the mid-20th century

or hang just as is on the wall

on white laid and featuring two birds with a scrolling ribbon and decorative flourishes all around

he notes is

WWII Trench Art Case with Embracing Couple Plus Beauties Inside carved snuff bottle which I would guess dateI keep an eye out for trench art items with singular sorts of well done engravings, like this one! On the front, a self portrait of the soldier who made it, one assumes, embracing a sweetheart while looking straight at us with an expression that seems some combination of eager and sly, suggesting that this may be just one of numerous sweethearts! Inside, two images of beauties, one of them in bikini, and on the back some decorative framing that seems