Lot Essay
This box is an interesting example of the Birmingham factory re-using copper plates originally engraved at the Battersea works and dispersed when the latter factory closed down in 1756. See B. Watney, "Petitions for Patents concerning Porcelain, Glass and Enamels with special reference to Birmingham, 'The Great Toyshop of Europe' ", English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 1966, p. 68 and pls. 61 (d) and 85 and E. Mew, Battersea Enamels, 1926, figs. 31 (2) and 52