£400
A LOVELY EARLY 19TH CENTURY PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX AND COVER in the manner of Stobwasser, painted with a scene of Napoleon before his army and a turkish male. 10 cm diameter. Note: Late in the 18th century a Russian merchant named Piotr Korobov visited one of these workshops, the Johann Stobwasser's manufactory in Braunschweig, Germany and was impressed by the enterprise that produced good quality items from papier-mâché and lacquer.
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