A rare early 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box

A rare early 19th century German lacquered papier-mâché snuff box, of circular form, the lid painted with a portrait of the Duke of Wellington, his face formed with various naked men and women in erotic positions, 10.2cm diameter.

For a similar snuff box depicting Napoleon see Detlev Richter, Stobwasser Lackkunst aus Braunschweig & Berlin, p.292, pl. 257.