A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière c.1760-70

A Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière c.1760-70, naturalistically modelled as the head of a wild boar, the fur finely detailed, with protruding tusks, the hinged lid painted with the portrait of of a lady in a slipping yellow dress, some restoration, 7.6cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Venetia Newall.

Cf. Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes, p 26 for a similar example.