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Reference: smsnpm162

Description: A painted snuff box depicting the bafoonish Dr Syntax at the Inn. An important satirical figure of the day he appeared on a series of caricatures. Very likely this box was given as a caustic gift. Such presents were part of the sharp social repartee of the period and typify the witty and sophisticate comedy of manners, which went on in every day life.  

Origin: England.

Circa: 1815

Materials: papier mâché

Size: 3.8"across. 9.8cm.

Condition: Chips and small cracks. Clouding of original varnish.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rowlandson 

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