Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21st April 2021
Lot 448
'GEORGE IV' A RARE LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE SNUFF BOX
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
'GEORGE IV' A RARE LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE SNUFF BOX
IN THE MANNER OF SAMUEL RAVEN, C.1825-30
the pull-off cover painted with a portrait of George IV after Sir Thomas Lawrence, the underside titled in red 'George IV' and numbered '212'
13cm diameter
Catalogue Note
See Yvonne Jones, 'Japanned Papier-Mâché and Tinware, c.1740-1940', p.264, pl.297, for a very similar box by Samuel Raven which is in the collection of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.