'Le cocu galant' and 'L'ami fidèle': Two lacquer snuff boxes, Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1820-25

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1820-25
diameter of each 10cm, 4in

circular, the first painted with an unaware husband helping his much younger wife dress, the second with a young girl and her spaniel, the first with lid numbered: 5461, the second with lid and base numbered: 4757, each lid titled, the second base with Mark VII

Catalogue Note

For another example of 'The Galant Cuckold', see the Phillips Collection, Sotheby's London, 4 July 1934, lot 165. See also J. Glanz, Historisches und Frivoles auf Lackdosen, 1999, p. 64. 'L'ami fidèle' appears on a plaque, identified as an oval box cover, illustrated ibid., p. 48.