Bilston enamel box, Staffordshire, c. 1770.
£390.00
Bilston enamel box, Staffordshire, c. 1770. The large box the cover hand painted with a romanticised rural scene of a shepherd seated before Classical ruins in a river landscape. He plays his pipe, whilst accompanied by cattle, within a white enamelled scroll panel, upon a lilac ground.
The sides of the box, similarly decorated with panels of sheep, a pony and a goat.
Having hinged gilt metal mounts.
Width – 9 cm, 3 1/2”.
Depth – 7 cm, 2 3/4”.
Height – 3.8 cm, 1 1/2”.
Condition – Typical crack to the cover, and minute chips to the rim of the box, but in overall excellent condition. No restoration.
