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SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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THREE COPPER-MOUNTED SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE TRIFLE BOXES
Second half of the 18th century
Including a heart-shaped pink box, the cover with a galleon within a flower surround; a cobalt-blue oval box inscribed Avoid Malicious strife tis Friendship sweetens Life; a puce oval box inscribed Friendship is a name forever blest In that I live and love to rest; together with a silver-mounted Royal Copenhagen etui, 19th century, blue wave mark, modelled as a swaddled infant; a silvered copper-mounted Continental yellow-ground porcelain 18th-century style trifle box, inscribed Take this for a Kiss; and a modern copper-mounted Limoges porcelain trifle box modeled as a walnut (6)
Second half of the 18th century
Including a heart-shaped pink box, the cover with a galleon within a flower surround; a cobalt-blue oval box inscribed Avoid Malicious strife tis Friendship sweetens Life; a puce oval box inscribed Friendship is a name forever blest In that I live and love to rest; together with a silver-mounted Royal Copenhagen etui, 19th century, blue wave mark, modelled as a swaddled infant; a silvered copper-mounted Continental yellow-ground porcelain 18th-century style trifle box, inscribed Take this for a Kiss; and a modern copper-mounted Limoges porcelain trifle box modeled as a walnut (6)
Provenance
Acquired from D.M. & P Manheim, New York (the blue box).
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.