Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside seaweed pressing Nicely executed in ink wash/watercolor

Nicely executed in ink wash/watercolor and mounted to a backing sheet the perfect shade of blue

Note - the photographs were taken in conditions to avoid reflections

sorrowful expression on his hand-painted face

entrances on either side

Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside seaweed pressing Nicely executed in ink wash/watercolorHard to photograph this one due to the shine, but quite a treasure I think a trench art piece, mid 20th c. I believe, which I believe would have functioned as a cigarette case, with a strap on side of the interior for holding them in. The hand engraved exterior is fun man in loin cloth with stallion as if straight out of a romance novel on one side, young woman with beach ball on the other but it's the erotic nudes on the interior that really make it;