Code: E0826
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Stunning enamel etui with matching chatelaine. The pale yellow-ground-wash repousse etui is hand-painted with scenes from the arts and sciences and doves and a cherub on the lid. These are bordered by pink and purple swirl borders heightened with gold leaf. The copper gilded mount hinges open to reveal its original contents; scissors, snuff spoon, combined toothpick and ear scoop, folding fruit knife, ivory wrtiting tablet, pencil, knife for sharpening and a bodkin. The etui is suspended from a copper gilt chatelaine set with 3 enamel panels decorated with flowers and an outdoor scene. There are 4 suspended attachments which consist of a copper gilt miniature jug with seal base, a decorative book made from aventurine glass with copper gilt edging and lattice work, a copper gilt cage with seal base containing 3 moving porcelain birds? and a hinged box with enamel playing cards of the Queen of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds. Bilston C1770.





