A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25 Apr 2017

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A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box

£1,500 - £2,000 £1,300

A large Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel snuff box,

c.1765-70, of shaped rectangular form, the cover painted with a lascivious drunk attempting to pour wine into the glass of his bare-breasted companion, reserved within a raised gilt and white enamel scrolled cartouche, the sides with panels of courting couples and figures fishing, the base after a Robert Hancock print, with two finches alighting on fruit which spills from an upturned basket, with chased gilt metal mounts, 9cm across.

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