A FRENCH LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX
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A FRENCH LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX

CIRCA 1800

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A FRENCH LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1800
The top applied with a print of Cupid surrounded by ladies, and the inscription 'Qui veut s'enivrer? Voila le coco,' the interior with double bottom bearing two erotic prints
3½in. (9cm.) wide
Together with a German lacquered papier mache snuff box, circa 1840, the interior bearing an erotic scene; an associated disc painted with another erotic scene, lacking bottom section; and a German lacquered papier mache snuff box, circa 1820, the top painted with three country folk, with a removable double cover bearing an erotic scene (4)
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