Chipboard box with children playing softwood. Oval body. Polychrome painting. Lid reserve with color graphic of playing, partly costumed children in yellow framed reserve on blue ground. On the wall surrounding wreaths with stylized, shaded branches and flowers over a red background. Damaged inner rim; signs of wear due to age. L. 42 cm, w. 26.5 cm, h. 16 cm. Provenance: largest North German private collection of chipboard boxes, exhibited at the Schloss Museum Wolfenbüttel in 1999. A North German chipboard box with a print of playing children. Damaged, age-related signs of use. Schleswig. 2nd half of the 19th century.

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