A rare Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière, c.1760-70, modelled as a swan with its head resting over its back, swimming amidst aquatic reeds, the hinged oval cover painted with a further mute swan on a lake, 7.6cm across. Cf. Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels, p 141, fig 77, for a similar example in the Ionides Collection.
A rare Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonnière, c.1760-70, modelled as a swan with its head resting over its back, swimming amidst aquatic reeds, the hinged oval cover painted with a further mute swan on a lake, 7.6cm across. Cf. Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels, p 141, fig 77, for a similar example in the Ionides Collection.
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