Antique painted tartan ware box

Snuff Box

Date Circa 1820 -1850

Origin Scotland.

The picture shows several women washing laundry outdoors—one standing in a wooden tub, others rinsing or hauling water, with a man and another woman in the background near a stream. This type of depiction comes from a long European tradition of pastoral and rustic genre painting, which idealised everyday rural labour.

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2 more examples listed separately.

Dimensions

W 3 1/2” X D 2”X H 3/4” cm

W 8.50 X D 5.25 X H 1.50