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Lot 60
A South Staffordshire enamel etui Circa 1770-80.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £420 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 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)
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'
