An important and rare George II York House Factory enamel ta...

Hammer

£3,000

An important and rare George II York House Factory enamel table snuff box, transfer-printed in puce after Simon François Ravenet (1706-1774), the rectangular hinged cover with Britannia presenting a medal and flanked by the allegories of Art and Science, enclosing a bust-length portrait profile of Frederick, Prince of Wales, the sides with amorini emblematic of the Arts, Sciences and Commerce within alternating Rococo C-scroll borders, the base with martial amorini, the British lion and centred by a military trophy, gilt-metal mounts, 8.5cm wide, Battersea, c. 1753-1756 This very box is described and illustrated: Benjamin (Susan), English Enamel Boxes, London: Orbis, 1991, page 38: figure 2, and is also illustrated on the dustjacket.