TWO PAPIER MÂCHÉ LACQUER SNUFF-BOXES
by the Lukutin Factory, Moscow, 1841-63
Rectangular, the first a rare example painted and gilded in the chinoiserie style, the hinged cover moulded in relief depicting a lady fishing, a man alongside with a net, in an exotic landscape, the interior inscribed 'Croquis Chinois'; another, with a scene on the cover depicting the three Graces bathing, probably after Paul Marie Roussel's Russian Bath, with plaid decorative ground to the border, sides and base, painted inside to simulate tortoiseshell, marked inside covers
3 in. (7.7 cm.) and 3½ in. (9 cm.) long (2)
TWO PAPIER MÂCHÉ LACQUER SNUFF-BOXES
by the Lukutin Factory, Moscow, 1841-63
Rectangular, the first a rare example painted and gilded in the chinoiserie style, the hinged cover moulded in relief depicting a lady fishing, a man alongside with a net, in an exotic landscape, the interior inscribed 'Croquis Chinois'; another, with a scene on the cover depicting the three Graces bathing, probably after Paul Marie Roussel's Russian Bath, with plaid decorative ground to the border, sides and base, painted inside to simulate tortoiseshell, marked inside covers
3 in. (7.7 cm.) and 3½ in. (9 cm.) long (2)
