Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018

Lot 155

An English enamel oval snuff box c.1770-80

Estimate £800 - £1,200

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Description

An English enamel oval snuff box c.1770-80, probably Bilston, the lid painted with a figure standing and playing the flute before a lady seated before a spouting water fountain and reading a book, a stately home and statuary in the distance, reserved within a gilt scroll border, the sides and base with polychrome flower sprays reserved on a white ground with gilt hatching, 8.8cm across.