A polychrome enamelled necessaire with gilt copper mounts containing seven implements
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1760/1770
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A polychrome enamelled necessaire with gilt copper mounts containing seven implements
Apparently unmarked, Staffordshire, circa 1760/1770
Of tapering form, the mounts reeded, depicting a peacock in landscape in shaped cartouche, flanked by trelliswork and scrolls en reliëf against white ground, comprising: a pair of tweezers, a needle, a pair of scissors, a pencilholder, a knife and an ivory pad
10cm. (4½in.) wide
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