A Birmingham or South Staffordshire bird bonbonniere

A Birmingham or South Staffordshire bird bonbonniere,

c.1760-70, modelled as a goldfinch preening its feathers, its head tucking under its left wing, recumbent on a grassy base, with gilt coloured metal mount, the hinged cover painted with a further bird perched on a leafy branch, 7cm.

Cf. Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels, p.141, fig.77 for a similar example in the Ionides Collection.