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Description: A papier mâché snuff box painted with a delightful donkey. Read with the pictorial clues and the word "MY" it is of course a rude comment. Such prurient play on words was not unknown to the respectable Victorians. They  would of course have considered such a box very boldly rude!  

Origin: England.

Circa: 1840

Materials: papier mâché

Size: 3.3"x1.7". 8.4x4.2cm.

Condition: Very good.

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