Vintage Humidor with Pipe Rack Vintage

Vintage Humidor with Pipe Rack VintageVintage Humidor with Pipe Rack

When the lid is opened

” within a circle and the number “230”

Denis (France) but likely Bohemian

Painted sheet metal (toleware) with hand-painted floral decoration and gold scrollwork

After the Napoleonic Civil Code

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a Scottish neoclassical painter and archaeologist

1724 Engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733) - one of the mosgt prominent French engravers of the 18th century

the painting retains a pleasing aged surface with visible brushwork and subtle craquelure consistent with its age

This is almost certainly a convalescence gift — someone either visited

Single peg at the back suggests it was mounted through wood

Velvet writing surface shows wear and possible fading