Antique Papier Mache Snuff Box Lid with Hand-colored Portrait of Woman in Turban gestural I'm finding it very difficult

I'm finding it very difficult to resist scooping up old tools with wonderfully worn wooden handles

The tin key wind tractor itself was made by Louis Marx Co

I think of this more as a door stop than a paperweight (which is how the dealer I purchased it from described it)--weighing in at 3 1/2 pounds

There is an old repaired split as well as a carved out hole on the sliding top of the box

it would be great filled with flowers or foliage (I think winter greens would look especially nice in this)--or just on its own

Antique Papier Mache Snuff Box Lid with Hand-colored Portrait of Woman in Turban gestural I'm finding it very difficultThe snuff box this lid sat upon is long gone, but I'm really glad someone kept the lid, as I love the portrait, which appears to be a hand painted lithograph. From what I've seen it's a fairly unusual one, too, with the portrait inset at the center under glass and framed in what looks like brass rather than painted or printed across the entire surface. European for sure and I'd guess mid 19th century based both on style and the Orientalist nature of