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A Private Collection of English Enamels
Lot 151

Three South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnières, circa 1765-70

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £800

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Three South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnières, circa 1765-70

Comprising a canary with a later hinged silver cover, base 16.4cm long, silver hallmarks for London 2012, a blue tit, the hinged cover printed and coloured with a heron and a frog, base 6cm long, and another bird, the hinged cover inscribed 'A Token of Respect', base 3.4cm long (3)

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Provenance
The Hon. Nellie Ionides Collection (canary and blue tit)
Thence by descent (canary and blue tit)
Susan Benjamin Collection (smallest bird)

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