8th C Antique Birch Bark Box Embossed Hunting Dogs Folk Art Snuff Tobacco For Sale

Wonderful early folk-art example featuring extensive embossed or pressed decoration depictinghunting scenes with hunters, sporting dogs, game and wooded landscape. The sides are similarly decorated with figures, animals and ornamental borders.The rectangular box is constructed from thin layers of wood/birchbark with an applied decorated exterior and retains its early metal strap hinges.Likely originally made as asnuff, tobacco or small personal storage box…CONDITION is as shown , there is scattered ware and loss, we estimate this was made probably 1780-1820 range , probably European . 3.5 x 2 x 1.25 awesome piece of folk art , would make an awesome gift for anyone into hunting ~.