Lot Essay
cf. E. Mew, Battersea Enamels, 1926, fig. 66
BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1755
Details
A George II enamel caddy
Birmingham, circa 1755
Of rectangular form, the deep white ground sides and base painted with scattered flower posies and a winged insect, the cover printed and painted with a peasant lady riding on a donkey accompanied by her male companion and their animals, the wooded landscape with distant buildings, reeded gilt-metal mounts with shaped thumbpiece
4¼in. (11cm.) long
Birmingham, circa 1755
Of rectangular form, the deep white ground sides and base painted with scattered flower posies and a winged insect, the cover printed and painted with a peasant lady riding on a donkey accompanied by her male companion and their animals, the wooded landscape with distant buildings, reeded gilt-metal mounts with shaped thumbpiece
4¼in. (11cm.) long