A South Staffordshire enamel 'Flora MacDonald' bonbonniere, circa 1765-70Modelled as the head of a lady, wearing blue earring, her dark drown hair swept up under a her lace cap, trimmed with a puce ribbon, the back of her cap forming the hinged lid, 7.3cm highFootnotesThe Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald, was famed for having helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye following defeat at the Battle of Culloden. A similar example is illustrated by Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels (1951), p.120, fig.69.
A South Staffordshire enamel 'Flora MacDonald' bonbonniere, circa 1765-70Modelled as the head of a lady, wearing blue earring, her dark drown hair swept up under a her lace cap, trimmed with a puce ribbon, the back of her cap forming the hinged lid, 7.3cm highFootnotesThe Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald, was famed for having helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye following defeat at the Battle of Culloden. A similar example is illustrated by Therle and Bernard Hughes, English Painted Enamels (1951), p.120, fig.69.
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