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TWO BATTERSEA ENAMEL BOXES
ENGLAND, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each ovoid with hinged lid, the first with white top inscribed, "He that loves a absent/FRIEND TO JEER/May hence depart/no room/IS FOR HIM HERE," above powder blue fluted sides; the second with pink top centering a pictorial with inscribed surround, "Let us Agree/And Wedded Be" above a straight sided body--1in. high, 1¾in. wide, 1½in. deep largest (2)
ENGLAND, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each ovoid with hinged lid, the first with white top inscribed, "He that loves a absent/FRIEND TO JEER/May hence depart/no room/IS FOR HIM HERE," above powder blue fluted sides; the second with pink top centering a pictorial with inscribed surround, "Let us Agree/And Wedded Be" above a straight sided body--1in. high, 1¾in. wide, 1½in. deep largest (2)