English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016

Lot 191

A large Bilston enamel snuff box c.1765

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A large Bilston enamel snuff box c.1765, possibly emblematic of travel, the cover depicting a figure seated at a table before a stone column titled 'Janus', a winged figure holding the staff of Asclepius, a ship visible in the background and a globe to the bottom right corner, the sides with floral panels reserved on a dark blue ground with raised white enamelling, some good restoration, 8.3cm.