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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 24911, member: 44"]As I'm not sure where to post this query, have picked the general Antique Discussion forum. I have a black lacquered wood(?) snuff box with a hinged lid. On the lid is a half portrait, print, of a lady. I am calling her a lady because she is fully dressed and not one of those buxom beauties found on some antique snuff boxes. My query, is this box wood or papier mache? I thought for sure I could tell the difference, but on this old box with the lacquer showing irregularities, age, I'm not 100% sure. I have looked at many antique black lacquered snuff boxes online. Some I thought for sure were wood but were called papier mache and vice versa. With these boxes painted in black lacquer, it is very hard to see close-up details of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>3 1/2"w x 1 1/2"d x 1"h; 45 grams +\-. Black lacquered snuff box with hinged lid. The hinge is 3" long and very narrow. The hinge is painted with the black lacquer also making it nearly impossible to see. A half portrait of a lady dressed in a red and white/cream outfit on lid. The portrait is not painted on. The box itself is in fairly good condition. The pic has chips and scuffs. The hinge is tight and in good condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is supposedly an antique black lacquered *wood* snuff box with a hinged lid. </p><p><a href="http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25465" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25465" rel="nofollow">http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25465</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is supposedly an antique black lacquered *papier mache* snuff box with a hinged lid online. </p><p><a href="http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25464" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25464" rel="nofollow">http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25464</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The hinges on both of these boxes are not lacquered over making them very visible. I wonder if the hinges on them are not original?</p><p><br /></p><p>TIA.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6184[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6185[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]6186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 24911, member: 44"]As I'm not sure where to post this query, have picked the general Antique Discussion forum. I have a black lacquered wood(?) snuff box with a hinged lid. On the lid is a half portrait, print, of a lady. I am calling her a lady because she is fully dressed and not one of those buxom beauties found on some antique snuff boxes. My query, is this box wood or papier mache? I thought for sure I could tell the difference, but on this old box with the lacquer showing irregularities, age, I'm not 100% sure. I have looked at many antique black lacquered snuff boxes online. Some I thought for sure were wood but were called papier mache and vice versa. With these boxes painted in black lacquer, it is very hard to see close-up details of them. Description: 3 1/2"w x 1 1/2"d x 1"h; 45 grams +\-. Black lacquered snuff box with hinged lid. The hinge is 3" long and very narrow. The hinge is painted with the black lacquer also making it nearly impossible to see. A half portrait of a lady dressed in a red and white/cream outfit on lid. The portrait is not painted on. The box itself is in fairly good condition. The pic has chips and scuffs. The hinge is tight and in good condition. Here is supposedly an antique black lacquered *wood* snuff box with a hinged lid. [url]http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25465[/url] Here is supposedly an antique black lacquered *papier mache* snuff box with a hinged lid online. [url]http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/95/532/lot/25464[/url] The hinges on both of these boxes are not lacquered over making them very visible. I wonder if the hinges on them are not original? TIA. --- Susan [ATTACH=full]6184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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