Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 20th February 2018

Lot 163

A rare and large Bilston enamel table snuff box c.1770-80

Estimate £2,000 - £2,500

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Description

A rare and large Bilston enamel table snuff box c.1770-80, of chamfered rectangular form, the lid painted with a shepherd and his companion recumbent on a grassy bank beside water and a small flock of sheep, the sides with further panels of bucolic and rural landscape scenes, reserved on a pink ground with foliate scrolls in raised blue, white and gilt enamel, 10.5cm across.