Lot 234: - 'Une taverne flamande (Beaume)': A rare lacquer gaming casket containing four counter boxes, Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1830

the lid painted after Joseph Beaume (1796-1885), within a gilded border, mother of pearl key plate, opening to show the lacquered metal compartmented tray bearing four rectangular counter boxes, each painted with a different subject of merrymaking in a Flemish inn , the interior of the lid titled, the interior of the base stamped: Stobwasser'sche/ Fabrik/ in/ Braunschweig Quantity: 6

casket: 23cm, 9 1/8 in. wide; each box 10cm, 4in. wide

Surviving Stobwasser boxes of this type, known as spielekasten, are rare. One is illustrated in D. Richter, Lackdosen, 1988, p. 27; another, oriented vertically, sold, Sotheby's, Works of Art from The Royal House of Hanover, 10 October 2005, lot 2082.