EARLY 19TH CENTURY, TWO MODERN
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A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH ENAMEL BOXES
Early 19th Century, Two modern
A navette-shaped blue-ground box, the top transfer-printed with Britannia and commemorating Nelson, inscribed 'Britannia rules the waves' 1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'In Friendship/Let's join/Thy Interest/With mine' with lower part in green
1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'Sacred to Friendship' with lower part with floral stripes
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'Know then this truth/Enough for man to know/Virtue alone is/Happiness below' with lower part in yellow, the interior mirror cracked
1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide;
A modern enamel red-ground circular box inscribed '40'
1¼in. (3.2cm.) diam.;
A modern enamel circular box decorated with a musical trophy, enclosing a musical movement to play a single air, the lower part in blue
1 7/8in. (4.6cm.) diam.
And a metal and mother-of-pearl navette-shaped box
2 3/8in. (6cm.) wide (7)
Early 19th Century, Two modern
A navette-shaped blue-ground box, the top transfer-printed with Britannia and commemorating Nelson, inscribed 'Britannia rules the waves' 1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'In Friendship/Let's join/Thy Interest/With mine' with lower part in green
1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'Sacred to Friendship' with lower part with floral stripes
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) wide;
An oval enamel box inscribed 'Know then this truth/Enough for man to know/Virtue alone is/Happiness below' with lower part in yellow, the interior mirror cracked
1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide;
A modern enamel red-ground circular box inscribed '40'
1¼in. (3.2cm.) diam.;
A modern enamel circular box decorated with a musical trophy, enclosing a musical movement to play a single air, the lower part in blue
1 7/8in. (4.6cm.) diam.
And a metal and mother-of-pearl navette-shaped box
2 3/8in. (6cm.) wide (7)