'Zaire' and 'Esclave infidele': Two lacquer cigar cases, Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1820-25

of upright oval section, the first painted with an exotic nymph dancing with her veil, the second with an odalisque bestowing affection on her lover unknowingly observed by the sultan, the first titled at lower front, each lid with Mark IX

For other examples of the Unfaithful Slave, on a plaque and a snuff box, see D. Richter, Stobwasser: Lackkunst aus Braunschweig & Berlin, vol. I, 2005, nos. 193 and 194.  As upright objects, Stobwasser cigar cases naturally tended to be decorated with vertically-oriented images, though occasionally a horizontal subject was thought appealing enough to overcome any incongruity.