STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III ENAMEL CASKET CONTAINING A PAIR OF TEA CADDIES AND A SUGAR BOX
STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1770
Rectangular, the lilac sides with panels depicting peasants in classical landscapes within leaf and scroll gilded borders with a hinged cover and drop ring handles, the interior lined with green velvet, two interior tea-caddies with domed covers and a sugar-box with a hinged cover similarly decorated
The casket 8¼ in. (210 mm.) wide, 4½ in. (110 mm.) high, 4¼ in. (107 mm.) deep; inner caddies 3½ in. (90 mm.) high (4)

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Lot Essay

Similar examples of enamel tea chests decorated with pastoral scenes are illustrated in T. and B. Hughes, English Painted Enamels, Feltham, 1967, no. 32, p. 69, no. 53, p. 94, no. 57, p. 113 and no. 73, p. 138.

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