BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1760
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A George III enamel table snuff-box
Birmingham, circa 1760
Oblong and with hinged cover, with reeded gilt-metal mounts and shaped thumbpiece, the cover painted with a landscape containing a musician, a peasant girl tending cattle, sheep and a goat, with ruins beyond, the base and sides painted with flower sprays on a white ground
3½in. (9cm.) wide
Birmingham, circa 1760
Oblong and with hinged cover, with reeded gilt-metal mounts and shaped thumbpiece, the cover painted with a landscape containing a musician, a peasant girl tending cattle, sheep and a goat, with ruins beyond, the base and sides painted with flower sprays on a white ground
3½in. (9cm.) wide