A South Staffordshire enamel 'Treaty of Amiens' patch box c.1802

A South Staffordshire enamel 'Treaty of Amiens' patch box c.1802, decorated with the figures of Fame and Plenty standing back to back beside ships at sail, Plenty holding a victory wreath above her cornucopia, Fame with a banner suspended from her trumpet, inscribed 'Duncan, Jervis, Abercrombie, Nelson, Howe', above them inscribed 'Fame Proclaiming her Heroes, Peace with Plenty', the base coloured a pale pink, the interior cover fitted with a mirror, a little cracking, 5.5cm.

The short-lived Treaty of Amiens lasted only one year but engendered the only period of true peace between 1793 and 1814. The uneasy truce was ended by Britain declaring war on France in May 1803, following Napoleon's increased attempts to control Western Europe.