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Birmingham or South Staffordshire enamel Parrot Bonbonniere


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Dates Circa 1760
Medium Enamel
Origin England
Description 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
Literature A very similar example from the Ionides Collection is illustrated by Therle And Bernard Hughs, English Painted Enamels (1951), colour plate VII (middle).