A rare 18th century painted lead tobacco box and cover

A rare 18th century painted lead tobacco box and cover, the lid decorated with tobacco emblems, the body with landscape scenes and musical organs, the interior with a weighted lid and on lion's paw feet, together with another lead tobacco box, with a dog finial and decorated with tavern interior scenes, 16.2cm high (max). (2)

For a similarbox see 'Implements of the English House', by G.Seymour Lindsay, fig 372.