CIRCA 1765
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A Birmingham enamel snuff-box
circa 1765
Oblong, the white ground body printed and painted with a gentleman and a lady holding a bird in a birdcage, watched by a shepherdess with three sheep and a sleeping hound, the slightly waisted sides with flowers reserved in gilt scrolls, the base en suite, with channelled gilt-metal mounts
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.)
circa 1765
Oblong, the white ground body printed and painted with a gentleman and a lady holding a bird in a birdcage, watched by a shepherdess with three sheep and a sleeping hound, the slightly waisted sides with flowers reserved in gilt scrolls, the base en suite, with channelled gilt-metal mounts
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.)