An unusual c1775 Birmingham/South Staffs bianco-sopra-bianco enamel snuff box

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An unusual c1775 Birmingham/South Staffs bianco-sopra-bianco enamel snuff boxDescription. An unusually shallow very fine Georgian enamel on copper snuff or pill box, painted, on each external surface (save the interior base), with floral sprays. Elaborate bianco sopra bianco rococo raised foliate decoration. Condition. In excellent antique condition. No apparent defects. The lid opens and closes precisely. Cracking, as is virtually ubiquitous, but of an extremely minor nature.. Dimensions. 6. 7cm across. We do not offer

all between two gilt bands

surrounded by moulded triangular panels

painted by William Billingsley as a replacement for a Chinese service

No other apparent chips

Minor stress cracking to the reticulations

as is commonplace with these pieces and as illustrated in the photographs

terminating about 1 inch above the base

Gilded reserve to the base

but it reduces our environmental footprint

Elaborately moulded body with figural finial

Painted in an unusual Chinese style pattern

Man on a Donkey