Lot Essay
Cf. the example, similarly painted and inscribed 'Pour Ma Belle', sold in these Rooms on 13 October 1980, lot 109
Details
A CHELSEA THIMBLE painted with an exotic bird on a branch beneath the inscription FIDELLE EN AMITIE in iron-red, the reverse with a bird in flight between gilt borders, the waved rim enriched in green, circa 1760
1.9cm. high
1.9cm. high
Literature
Edwin F. Holmes, op. cit., p. 74