A polychrome enamelled necessaire containing six implements
A polychrome enamelled necessaire containing six implements

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1750/1760

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A polychrome enamelled necessaire containing six implements
Apparently unmarked, possibly Staffordshire, circa 1750/1760
Of tapering form, with scroll-shaped gilt brass mounts, comprising: a pair of tweezers, an ivory pad, a knife, a bodkin case, an ear spoon, and a non-matching implement, depicting mythological scenes in scroll-shaped cartouches against pale pink and white stippled ground
10cm. (3.1/8in.) wide

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