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SEE THERLE AND BERNARD HUGHES, ENGLISH PAINTED ENAMELS, 1967 3©D., FIG. 31 FOR THREE BOXES SIMILAR TO THE PRESENT EXAMPLE INCLUDING ONE DECORATED WITH A VARIATION ON THE SCENE ON THE COVER.
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A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED BILSTON ENAMEL TEA CANNISTER
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FINELY PRINTED AND PAINTED WITH A YOUNG BOY AND HIS GOATS, SHEEP AND STEER RESTING IN A RUIN BESIDE A RIVER RESERVED WITHIN RAISED WHITE FOLIATE SCROLLS ON THE RAISED SEEDED WHITE GROUND, THE BASE OF THE COLUMNS POSSIBLY INSCRIBED G BIRM.. AND DATED 1773 IN THE SHADOW OF THE BOY'S RIGHT LEG, THE SIDES SIMILARLY DECORATED WITH FIGURES IN LANDSCAPES AND RESERVED ON A DIAPER-PATTERN GROUND WITH SIMILAR SEEDED CARTOUCHES, THE BOTTOM WITH A RAISED WHITE ENAMEL SHELL, THE INTERIOR UNDERCORATED
3¾IN. (9.5CM.) WIDE
CIRCA 1770
FINELY PRINTED AND PAINTED WITH A YOUNG BOY AND HIS GOATS, SHEEP AND STEER RESTING IN A RUIN BESIDE A RIVER RESERVED WITHIN RAISED WHITE FOLIATE SCROLLS ON THE RAISED SEEDED WHITE GROUND, THE BASE OF THE COLUMNS POSSIBLY INSCRIBED G BIRM.. AND DATED 1773 IN THE SHADOW OF THE BOY'S RIGHT LEG, THE SIDES SIMILARLY DECORATED WITH FIGURES IN LANDSCAPES AND RESERVED ON A DIAPER-PATTERN GROUND WITH SIMILAR SEEDED CARTOUCHES, THE BOTTOM WITH A RAISED WHITE ENAMEL SHELL, THE INTERIOR UNDERCORATED
3¾IN. (9.5CM.) WIDE