Lot 337: A HORN TOBACCO BOX, UNSIGNED, JOHN OBRISSET OR SIMON LAMBELET, CIRCA 1720

oval, the lid impressed with an equestrian portrait of Peter the Great, wearing armour and a laurel wreath, holding a sword, the horse prancing through a flowery meadow with shipping in the distance, reeded border and sides

length 10.5cm, 4 1/8 in

Related literature:
P.A.S. Phillips, John Obrisset, London, 1931, nos. 69 & 70

Phillips illustrates two examples of this impression: one, attributed to Obrisset, in the British Museum, is unsigned, as the present example; the second, then in the author's collection, was signed with the initials of the medallist Simon Lambelet (died 1727) who also worked in horn in Brunswick.