This Papier-mâché snuff box likely dates from the 19th Century but it is not signed. The very detailed image is of a young gentleman in a hat with a red plume. It resembles the images and style on a Brunswick or Stobwasser snuff box, and it has a diameter of 4 inches and is just under 1 inch thick.
Condition: There is crazing, cracking and chipping on this box both inside and out, but to someone buy who collects these boxes, or can overlook them, this may be tolerable. It has two significant points of very visible damage: a chip out of the edge of the top, and a dent on the bottom that has removed the lacquer and penetrated to the inside. Please examine the pictures closely as I have tried to capture and enhance the type and extent of the faults. Still it is a lovely antique piece that would complement a display of like items.
Product code: Antique Handpainted Snuff buy Box