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Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel Parrot Bonbonniere
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1760
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Medium
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Enamel
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Origin
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England
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Description
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An extremely fine Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere modelled as a brightly coloured parrot perched on a delicately decorated blue pottery fruit bowl full of grapes, surrounded by peaches, cherries, and plums. The hinged lid is printed in outline and coloured with a parrot perched in vines above other fruits.
7cm Wide
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Literature
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A very similar example from the Ionides Collection is illustrated by Therle And Bernard Hughs, English Painted Enamels (1951), colour plate VII (middle).
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