CIRCA 1770
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A South Staffordshire enamel snuff-box
circa 1770
Oblong, the cover painted with Venus, Adonis and two putti with a hound to one side, all reserved in a gold scroll cartouche on a periwinkle blue ground with raised white dotted trelliswork, the similar sides with figures in landscapes similarly reserved, with engraved amd waved gilt-metal mounts
3 1/8in. (8cm.) wide
circa 1770
Oblong, the cover painted with Venus, Adonis and two putti with a hound to one side, all reserved in a gold scroll cartouche on a periwinkle blue ground with raised white dotted trelliswork, the similar sides with figures in landscapes similarly reserved, with engraved amd waved gilt-metal mounts
3 1/8in. (8cm.) wide