Chipboard box with softwood boat scene. Oval body. Polychrome painting. Lid reserve with colored graphics of a boating scene and swans in a colorful framed reserve on a blue background with a banner. On the wall surrounding wreaths with stylized, shaded branches and flowers over a red background, framed by green ribbons. Damaged inside rim; signs of wear due to age. L. 43.5 cm, w. 25.5 cm, h. 19 cm. Provenance: largest North German private collection of chipboard boxes, exhibited at the Schloss Museum Wolfenbüttel in 1999. A Thuringian chipboard box with boating scene. Damaged, age-related signs of use. Thuringia. 2nd half of the 19th century.

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