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Round shallow lacquer box of papier mache. Painted scene on conforming lid of mounted soldiers (Oriental or Middle-European). Lip of cover and bottom sections are gilt.
snuffboxes
accessories
gilding
lacquering
papier mâché
figure- and animal-derived motifs
equestrians
Orientalism
soldiers
Papier Mache
Lacquered
Gilded
Soldier
Horseback Figures
Orientalism
SNUFFBOX
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
1949.439A,B
Unknown
Europe; England
0.75 (H), 3.375 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.439AB
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