Georgian Musical Snuff Box acrostic A small town in Perthshire

A small town in Perthshire

characterised cartoonish features and bulbous shape - it was the common representation of the skull before the more realistic depictions associated appeared with later Memento Mori jewellery

There's a very faint inscription to the back that reads: "From Lynn

DATE: Georgian Regency

Georgian Musical Snuff Box acrostic A small town in PerthshireDATE: Georgian, c. 1820 An incredible Georgian musical snuff box dating from the early 19th century. It plays the most wonderful tune, far more complex than usual music box subjects, comprising two distinct themes, and composed in the late Classical early Romantic style contemporary to the era. The case is French, indicated by hallmarks, and the mechanism almost certainly Swiss. The hallmark is actually a bust of the artist Raphael, side profile,