Lot Essay
For an almost identical example formerly in the Collection of the Late Mrs Salting, see G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys (London, 1925) p. 160, pl. 46, no. 1.
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CIRCA 1750-59
Details
A 'Girl-in-a-Swing' gold and enamel-mounted bonbonniere
Circa 1750-59
Modelled as Venus and Cupid embracing, she scantily draped in a flowered dress, with blue sash and holding two billing doves, on an oval green mound base painted with pink roses and flowers, the interior with scattered pink flowers within a green foliage surround, the enamel cover painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays (slight crack to Venus' right thigh and small crack to dome of base near mount)
2 in. (5.2 cm.) high
Circa 1750-59
Modelled as Venus and Cupid embracing, she scantily draped in a flowered dress, with blue sash and holding two billing doves, on an oval green mound base painted with pink roses and flowers, the interior with scattered pink flowers within a green foliage surround, the enamel cover painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays (slight crack to Venus' right thigh and small crack to dome of base near mount)
2 in. (5.2 cm.) high
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Sale room notice
Please note this lot has a small chip to the edge of her robes.