Lot 16 , A Stobwasser papier mache table snuff box, c.1800, d. 9.7cm

A Stobwasser papier mache table snuff box, c.1800, painted with a portrait of 'Frances' in Turkish costume, the base marked '6854 Stobwasser's Fabrik in Brunschweig', the lid marked '6845 Frances' d. 9.7cm
Estimate £200-300

Two sections of the rim of the cover have been broken out and reglued and there are two other small filler repairs to the edge of the cover and some very slight flaking to the paint around the edge of the image, the base section again has quite a number of sections that have been broken out and reglued and with filler repairs around the very edge, the odd age crack and heavy scratching to the underside.


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Sold for £480