A SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL BOX FORMED AS A SWAN, its head resting along its back, surrounded by water and bullrushes, the base transfer printed and painted with a pair of swans swimming among reeds, within a scroll and shell border, reeded gilt-metal mount (minor damage), circa 1775, 3in. (7.8cm) long; and another, formed as a rose and painted on the cover with a spray of flowers (damaged and restored), circa 1770

Details

A SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL BOX FORMED AS A SWAN, its head resting along its back, surrounded by water and bullrushes, the base transfer printed and painted with a pair of swans swimming among reeds, within a scroll and shell border, reeded gilt-metal mount (minor damage), circa 1775, 3in. (7.8cm) long; and another, formed as a rose and painted on the cover with a spray of flowers (damaged and restored), circa 1770
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
(2)

Lot Essay

An identical enamel box formed as a swan is held in the Schreiber Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (B. Rackham, Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection, vol.III, no.83, p.25, plate 11)

More from Silver & Objects of Vertu

View All