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THE ENAMEL PANELS CIRCA 1770, THE MOUNT OF LATER DATE
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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND AIDE-MEMOIRE
The enamel panels circa 1770, the mount of later date
One side painted with the muse of Painting seated before an easel, the other that of Astronomy peering through a telescope, both figures seated beside a garden wall and reserved in oval white enamel foliate cartouches on the sky blue ground further decorated with white diaper pattern, the rectangular plaquettes set into the hinged gilt-metal book cover closed with a pencil inserted through loops at the side, lined in emerald silk and fitted with blank paper, restorations
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high
The enamel panels circa 1770, the mount of later date
One side painted with the muse of Painting seated before an easel, the other that of Astronomy peering through a telescope, both figures seated beside a garden wall and reserved in oval white enamel foliate cartouches on the sky blue ground further decorated with white diaper pattern, the rectangular plaquettes set into the hinged gilt-metal book cover closed with a pencil inserted through loops at the side, lined in emerald silk and fitted with blank paper, restorations
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) high