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Lot 60

A South Staffordshire enamel etui
Circa 1770-80.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £420 inc. premium

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A South Staffordshire enamel etui

Circa 1770-80.
Of oval section with gilt metal mounts and hinged cover, painted with two scenes after prints by Sadler, 'Two Young Gentlemen and a Girl Fishing' on one side, 'Miss Nancy Dawson Dancing the Hornpipe' on the other, reserved on a light blue ground within raised gold borders, with some contents, 10.2cm high (cover with some fine cracks and restoration to the top)

Footnotes

See Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles (1973), plate 67, no 653 for a tile printed with 'Miss Nancy Dawson Dancing the Hornpipe'

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