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CIRCA 1770
Details
A GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED WHITE-GROUND ENAMEL CASKET
CIRCA 1770
The hinged lid decorated with a scene of a man fishing before a ruined building and cattle, the sides with landscape vignettes, enclosing four snuff boxes, each with a cover depicting different scenes of figures within ruined classical landscapes, the large box with circular black leather label gilt embossed 1227, the smaller boxes with paper label inscribed in ink 'Walker 46'
2 x 7 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 in. (5 x 18.5 x 14 cm.)
CIRCA 1770
The hinged lid decorated with a scene of a man fishing before a ruined building and cattle, the sides with landscape vignettes, enclosing four snuff boxes, each with a cover depicting different scenes of figures within ruined classical landscapes, the large box with circular black leather label gilt embossed 1227, the smaller boxes with paper label inscribed in ink 'Walker 46'
2 x 7 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 in. (5 x 18.5 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
The Hon. Nellie Ionides (née Samuel) (1883-1962), Buxted Park, Sussex and thence by descent.
Literature
T. & B. Hughes, English Painted Enamels, rev. ed., London, 1967, p. 19, pl. 3.
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Charlotte Young
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