BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1765
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A George III enamel snuff-box
Birmingham, circa 1765
Of rectangular form, the cover transfer-printed and painted with a lady seated at the base of a tree holding a firearm, accompanied by a gentleman holding two hounds and a man holding a horse, with dead game in the foreground, the waisted sides painted with posies of flowers, the base with a winged insect, with waved gilt-metal mounts and shaped thumbpiece
3½in. (8.8cm.) long
Birmingham, circa 1765
Of rectangular form, the cover transfer-printed and painted with a lady seated at the base of a tree holding a firearm, accompanied by a gentleman holding two hounds and a man holding a horse, with dead game in the foreground, the waisted sides painted with posies of flowers, the base with a winged insect, with waved gilt-metal mounts and shaped thumbpiece
3½in. (8.8cm.) long