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THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FIVE GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL BOXES
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
A rectangular green ground writing box, the lid centred with a portrait of a man in a blue coat, with fittings, with paper inventory label inscribed '139'; the other four snuff boxes: one rectangular painted with the portrait of a lady with a fan, with white diaper on a plum-coloured ground, with paper inventory label inscribed '284'; one cartouche shaped, painted with a lady wearing a purple dress, with paper inventory label inscribed '858'; another rectangular with concave sides and turquoise ground, the lid painted with The Card Party, with paper inventory label inscribed '87'; the last rectangular, with pale blue ground, the lid painted with figures at a games table, with paper inventory label inscribed '229'; together with an aide memoire, painted with Les Amants within pink borders, enclosing a mother-of-pearl aide memoire and pencil, the ivory card lacking
The largest 1 3⁄4 x 3 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄4 in. (4.5 x 9 x 6 cm.)
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
A rectangular green ground writing box, the lid centred with a portrait of a man in a blue coat, with fittings, with paper inventory label inscribed '139'; the other four snuff boxes: one rectangular painted with the portrait of a lady with a fan, with white diaper on a plum-coloured ground, with paper inventory label inscribed '284'; one cartouche shaped, painted with a lady wearing a purple dress, with paper inventory label inscribed '858'; another rectangular with concave sides and turquoise ground, the lid painted with The Card Party, with paper inventory label inscribed '87'; the last rectangular, with pale blue ground, the lid painted with figures at a games table, with paper inventory label inscribed '229'; together with an aide memoire, painted with Les Amants within pink borders, enclosing a mother-of-pearl aide memoire and pencil, the ivory card lacking
The largest 1 3⁄4 x 3 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄4 in. (4.5 x 9 x 6 cm.)
Provenance
The writing box, the plum-coloured box, the cartouche-shaped snuff box and snuff box with Card Players: The Hon. Nellie Ionides (née Samuel) (1883-1962), Buxted Park, Sussex and thence by descent.
Brought to you by
Charlotte Young
Associate Director, Specialist
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