Lot Essay
See Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels, London, 1967 ed., fig. 31, upper right and Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1988, lot 222 for similar examples.
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1770-1780
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A GILT COPPER-MOUNTED BILSTON ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND WRITING BOX
1770-1780
Of rectangular form, the fitted interior with small glass pounce and ink bottles bottles with similarly mounted enamel covers, the top and sides painted with peasant figures in rustic landscapes reserved within gilt foliate cartouches on the dark blue ground, restorations
6in. (15.3cm.) long (3)
1770-1780
Of rectangular form, the fitted interior with small glass pounce and ink bottles bottles with similarly mounted enamel covers, the top and sides painted with peasant figures in rustic landscapes reserved within gilt foliate cartouches on the dark blue ground, restorations
6in. (15.3cm.) long (3)