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Lot 88
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£600 - £800
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Find your local specialistA Birmingham enamel snuff box
circa 1750
rectangular, painted with harbour scenes, the exterior in colours, the cover with two Turks standing by a ship overseeing the closing of a crate, barrels and further packages nearby, the interior base and cover with further sailing ships in puce monochrome, fitted with hinged gilt metal mounts, 8.4cm (minor scratches, a few typical fine cracks)
rectangular, painted with harbour scenes, the exterior in colours, the cover with two Turks standing by a ship overseeing the closing of a crate, barrels and further packages nearby, the interior base and cover with further sailing ships in puce monochrome, fitted with hinged gilt metal mounts, 8.4cm (minor scratches, a few typical fine cracks)
Footnotes
Meissen-style harbour scenes are known to have been used on early English enamel boxes made in Birmingham. See Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, p. 61, no. 8.
