M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
 

 

BRUNSWICK STOBWASSER-TYPE TOBACCO BOXES,

of PAPIER MACHE, and of COPPER 

Germany, Early 19th Century

 

 

Johann Heinrich Stobwasser, b. 1740, under the patronage of the Duke of Brunswick, developed a new lacquer product.
In 1772, the Stobwasser factory was opened in Berlin, producing mostly boxes, mostly in papier mache, with a few on copper.

 They secured the finest artists executing a high quality of portraiture, landscape and genre paintings, and finishing the paintings

with a high quality of varnish.  These are known as Brunswick (Braunschweig) or Stobwasser boxes.   There were several

generations of painters, and unless signed, it is often difficult to attribute them properly.  One of the characteristics appearing

in Stobwasser boxes is not only the quality of painting, but the use of an iron red under-painting.

 

Please note : The images below are oversize for your inspection.  Please see the sizes listed. 

All details and flaws are exaggerated by the larger size of depiction.
 

BRUNSWICK PAPIER MACHE TABLE SNUFF BOX,

Possibly by Stobwasser

1st Quarter of the 19th Century

 

 

 

 

Possibly by Stobwasser, the lacquered papier mache box of round form, the slightly domed lid finely painted with a horse-mounted

 hunter following his hounds  and a hare in an extensive landscape, the interior with gold over a red undercoating

 

Condition : Expected fine scratches to the surfaces; the verso with a chip to the lacquer

 

4-1/8" Diameter x 1" High

 

SOLD

 

#6249

 

Please Inquire

 

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BRUNSWICK PAPIER MACHE TABLE SNUFF BOX

1st Quarter of the 19th Century

 

 

 

 

Of lacquered papier mache, the rectangular form, the hinged lid with a thumb-lift, and painted with battling ships

and warriors in skiffs, the interior in black

 

Condition : Expected minor scratches and flakes; a small loss of lacquer to the verso

 

1-3/8" High x 4-3/8" Long x 2-3/4" Deep

 

SOLD

 

#6250

 

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RARE BRUNSWICK ENAMEL ON COPPER SNUFF BOX

GEORGE III of England

 1st Quarter 19th Century

 

   

 

 

 

The round lidded box with standaway hinge and thumb-lift, painted with a portrait of George III (England)

in ermine robes and before a green drapery and the Royal Arms, the lid with finely gadrooned rim,

the box exterior painted in scarlet enamel, the interior of black over an iron red underpainting

 

Condition : fine crazing to the enamel, with tiny enamel losses throughout; hinge in excellent condition

 

Note : Stobwasser is shown to have worked rarely on copper.

 

1-1/2" High x 3-1/4" Diameter

 

SOLD

 

#6251

 

 Please Inquire

 

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BRUNSWICK PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX,

1st Quarter of the 19th Century

 

    

 

 

The round papier mache box finely painted depicting a shepherd with a flute tending his sheep, cows and a goat, before

a the ruins of a castle and a boat sailing on a lake

 

Condition : Fine crazing to the lacquer (more visible in the image than when holding the box); a small loss to the lacquer

verso

 

3/4" High x 2-7/8" High

 

SOLD

 

#6152

 

Please Inquire

 

We welcome and encourage all inquiries.  We will make every attempt to answer any questions you might have.

 

 For information, call (901) 761-1163 or (901) 827-4668 or email mfcreech@bellsouth.net 

( alternate email : mfordcreech@gmail.com )

 

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