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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 3425182, member: 111"]Please take into consideration that sales descriptions and anecdotal notes are not necessarily accurate, and <i>asking</i> prices are often extremely optimistic - these pressed wood snuff boxes are typically attributed as 19th century, late 18th at earliest...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Image search for "pressed wood snuff box":</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=ar&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALeKk03ni81Xk8oK4wg98YkgR3H4h3C9sw%3A1610733429175&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=754&ei=ddcBYOueCIGx5wLx66mgDw&q=pressed+wood+snuff+box&oq=pressed+wood+snuff+box&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOgIIADoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYUIcOWPNLYO5RaABwAHgAgAHSAYgB6xKSAQcxMS4xMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwirrfzOwZ7uAhWB2FkKHfF1CvQQ4dUDCAc&uact=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=ar&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALeKk03ni81Xk8oK4wg98YkgR3H4h3C9sw%3A1610733429175&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=754&ei=ddcBYOueCIGx5wLx66mgDw&q=pressed+wood+snuff+box&oq=pressed+wood+snuff+box&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOgIIADoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYUIcOWPNLYO5RaABwAHgAgAHSAYgB6xKSAQcxMS4xMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwirrfzOwZ7uAhWB2FkKHfF1CvQQ4dUDCAc&uact=5" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=ar&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALeKk03ni81Xk8oK4wg98YkgR3H4h3C9sw:1610733429175&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=754&ei=ddcBYOueCIGx5wLx66mgDw&q=pressed+wood+snuff+box&oq=pressed+wood+snuff+box&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOgIIADoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYUIcOWPNLYO5RaABwAHgAgAHSAYgB6xKSAQcxMS4xMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwirrfzOwZ7uAhWB2FkKHfF1CvQQ4dUDCAc&uact=5</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This lot, sold at Brunk's in 2018, includes one with Schwanthaler's statue of 'Bavaria' in Munich, not even unveiled until 1850:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.brunkauctions.com/lot/11-continental-pressed-wood-snuff-boxes-3229269" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brunkauctions.com/lot/11-continental-pressed-wood-snuff-boxes-3229269" rel="nofollow">https://www.brunkauctions.com/lot/11-continental-pressed-wood-snuff-boxes-3229269</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302573[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This French one commemorating the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, is at the British Museum: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1878-0110-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1878-0110-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1878-0110-1</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recent 'Solds' on eBay:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302579[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An 'Unsold' box with the Swedish Royal Arms:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302580[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 3425182, member: 111"]Please take into consideration that sales descriptions and anecdotal notes are not necessarily accurate, and [I]asking[/I] prices are often extremely optimistic - these pressed wood snuff boxes are typically attributed as 19th century, late 18th at earliest... Image search for "pressed wood snuff box": [URL]https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=ar&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALeKk03ni81Xk8oK4wg98YkgR3H4h3C9sw%3A1610733429175&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=754&ei=ddcBYOueCIGx5wLx66mgDw&q=pressed+wood+snuff+box&oq=pressed+wood+snuff+box&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIECCMQJzoICAAQsQMQgwE6BQgAELEDOgIIADoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYUIcOWPNLYO5RaABwAHgAgAHSAYgB6xKSAQcxMS4xMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwirrfzOwZ7uAhWB2FkKHfF1CvQQ4dUDCAc&uact=5[/URL] This lot, sold at Brunk's in 2018, includes one with Schwanthaler's statue of 'Bavaria' in Munich, not even unveiled until 1850: [URL]https://www.brunkauctions.com/lot/11-continental-pressed-wood-snuff-boxes-3229269[/URL] [ATTACH=full]302572[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302573[/ATTACH] This French one commemorating the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, is at the British Museum: [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1878-0110-1[/URL] [ATTACH=full]302578[/ATTACH] Recent 'Solds' on eBay: [ATTACH=full]302579[/ATTACH] An 'Unsold' box with the Swedish Royal Arms: [ATTACH=full]302580[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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