JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design I especially love the blue

I especially love the blue alligator

with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

but have no further information on it

It appears that the date carved into the bottom is 1974

I am not entirely sure if it is a cucumber or a cactus dancing with the flowers

JH's 1866 Hand-Engraved, Double Hinged Brass Swedish Snuff Box with Swimming Serpent fish design I especially love the blueJust my sort of snuff box, with the freehand engraving about as folky as it gets, and I sure do love the manner of that lettering. But most of all I love the manner of that sea serpent, emerging from the wavering line of the sea, and another wavering line below giving rise to a leafy sprig. The mark on the flip side identifies the brass box as Swedish, produced by Westers Metallfabrik, a metalworking company that was based in Vsters, (on the shore of