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SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FIVE GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL BOXES
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
A pink ground rectangular writing box, the hinged cover decorated with shepherds serenading their flocks by a river with ruins; an oval snuff-box with blue ground, the hinged cover with a kissing couple, with paper inventory label inscribed '2302'; a rectangular white ground snuff-box the cover decorated with La Partie Carrée, after Watteau, with paper inventory label inscribed '815' and a paper label inscribed 'old Battersea enamel from Widworthy Court'; a rectangular pink-ground tobacco-box decorated with a couple and their child in formal garden setting; a rectangular yellow-ground snuff box, the lid and sides painted with lovers, with paper inventory label inscribed '136', possibly later in date
The writing box 1 3⁄4 x 6 x 3 in. (4.5 x 15 x 7.5 cm.)
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
A pink ground rectangular writing box, the hinged cover decorated with shepherds serenading their flocks by a river with ruins; an oval snuff-box with blue ground, the hinged cover with a kissing couple, with paper inventory label inscribed '2302'; a rectangular white ground snuff-box the cover decorated with La Partie Carrée, after Watteau, with paper inventory label inscribed '815' and a paper label inscribed 'old Battersea enamel from Widworthy Court'; a rectangular pink-ground tobacco-box decorated with a couple and their child in formal garden setting; a rectangular yellow-ground snuff box, the lid and sides painted with lovers, with paper inventory label inscribed '136', possibly later in date
The writing box 1 3⁄4 x 6 x 3 in. (4.5 x 15 x 7.5 cm.)
Provenance
The yellow example: 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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