Lot 183
  • 183

'Le favori du sérail' and 'Rosina en prière': Two lacquer cigar cases, Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1830-40

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1830-40
  • height of each 13cm, 5 1/8 in
of upright oval section, the first painted with two orientalist harem girls amusing themselves with a bird, the second with a scene from The Barber of Seville after F. G. G. Lepaulle, each titled at lower front, each lid with Mark IX

Catalogue Note

Rosina appears on a Stobwasser plaque and on another cigar case.  See D. Richter, Lackdosen, 1988, pp. 65 and 136.