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    6 November 1996

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    Lot 33

    A Birmingham enamel snuff-box

    CIRCA 1765

    Price realised

    GBP 920

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    A Birmingham enamel snuff-box
    circa 1765
    Oblong, the white ground body printed and painted with a gentleman and a lady holding a bird in a birdcage, watched by a shepherdess with three sheep and a sleeping hound, the slightly waisted sides with flowers reserved in gilt scrolls, the base en suite, with channelled gilt-metal mounts
    3 3/8in. (8.5cm.)

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