PROBABLY BILSTON, CIRCA 1770

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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMELLED FITTED TEA-CASKET
PROBABLY BILSTON, CIRCA 1770
rectangular casket, with chased gilt-metal mounts, the cover with central rocaille handle, the front panel with an asymetric key escutcheon, each side panel finely painted with a pastoral scene within a raised gilt cartouche on a pink ground further enriched in white enamel, the interior and underside with red-velvet lining, containing two tea-caddies and a sugar-box with similar decoration
8 in. (208 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

For similar examples, see Christie's, London, 6 December 2005, lot 7 and The Mort & Moira Lesser Collection of English Enamels, Bonhams, London, 19 October 2011, lot 54. Also compare with the tea-caskets illustrated by 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. Pastoral scenes and Italian landscapes by painters such as Claude and Boucher and engravers such as Vivares became the stock subjects with many enamel makers and were produced in an infinite variety of groupings.

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