A GILT COPPER-MOUNTED BIRMINGHAM ENAMEL LAVENDER-GROUND NECESSAIRE
A GILT COPPER-MOUNTED BIRMINGHAM ENAMEL LAVENDER-GROUND NECESSAIRE

CIRCA 1770

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A GILT COPPER-MOUNTED BIRMINGHAM ENAMEL LAVENDER-GROUND NECESSAIRE
Circa 1770
Of typical tapering rectangular form with hinged cover and release button, printed and painted with rural capriccio views and with peasant figures beside ruins, each reserved within white foliate cartouches on the lavender ground further enameled in white with an overall diaper pattern, the bottom white, the interior fitted and with a pencil, an ivory slate, a rasp, a hinged knife, a needle, a sissor, and a another tool, restorations
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high

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