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BOX

Creator(s): Leopold Boilly (Style of)

Currently in storage


About this object

The round box has a detachable cover. The cover has an elaborate picture in colors of a group of eight people, including a cardinal, a lawyer, and one old woman each taking snuff with various gestures. They all have exaggerated noses. The rest of the box is black paper mache.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Papier-mâché -- lacquer
Made in:
Wolfenbuttel, Germany
Date made:
ca. 1820
Size:
1.9 x 9.5 cm (3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.5.1-2
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973