A COPPER-MOUNTED BILSTON ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
A COPPER-MOUNTED BILSTON ENAMEL SNUFF BOX

CIRCA 1770

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A COPPER-MOUNTED BILSTON ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1770
PAINTED WITH A GALLANT AND COMPANION SEATED IN A PARK LANDSCAPE, THE WAISTED SIDES AND BOTTOM WITH SPRAYS OF ROSES AND OTHER FLOWERS, THE INTERIOR WHITE, 31/8IN. (8CM.) WIDE; TOGETHER WITH A COPPER-MOUNTED SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL OVAL SNUFF BOX PRINTED IN BLACK AND ENRICHED IN COLORS WITH A GALLANT WATCHING OVER HIS SLEEPING COMPANION, RESERVED WITHIN A RAISED GILT ROCAILLE CARTOUCHE, THE SIDES WITH FLOWER SPRAYS, THE BOTTOM AND INTERIOR WHITE, 23/8IN. (6CM.) WIDE (2)
Provenance
ANON. SALE; SOTHEBY'S COLONNADE, LONDON, 7,8,12,15 APRIL 1994, LOT 218 (THE BILSTON BOX)

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