Compass Rose Encircled in Red Rings, Sublime Hand-painted Early 19th Century Snuff Box masonic keystone I am 99% certain it

I am 99% certain it is sterling silver (if I am wrong

Fill it with crayons

Yet while the formal execution is its own accomplishment

but it seems to me to pretty well embody all sorts of feelings of the moment

2 1/4 x 3 1/4

Compass Rose Encircled in Red Rings, Sublime Hand-painted Early 19th Century Snuff Box masonic keystone I am 99% certain itAnother object that for me is pure perfection. The color, the paint, the patina, and what better than a compass rose at the center of a snuff box to carry around in one's pocket as one navigates through the world? Sublime, right down to the small white dots midway between each point of the star, and with those red rings evincing a target, as if this were the north star, to keep forever in one's sights. 2 15 16" d x 11 16" t. Just gorgeous paint,