A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 31
A Birmingham or South Staffordshire bird bonbonniere
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
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.