Boiled cardboard snuffbox, the lid featuring an ambiguous image in which the faces of philosophers can be discerned: on one side, the laughing face of Democritus, and when turned upside down, the weeping face of Heraclitus.

Perhaps a caricature of Louis-Philippe (inspired by those of Daumier) for a political satire of the July Monarchy.

Good condition (minor damage).

D: 8,5 cm