COLLECTION OF EIGHT ENAMEL PATCH BOXES AND NUTMEG GRATERS
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One, Other Properties | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 171 to 402
Description
to include an oval box decorated with a shepherdess and sheep, with cobalt sides, 5cm wide; a rectangular box decorated with an urn and scroll inscribed ‘A Friends GIFT’, the interior with a mirror, 3.5cm wide; an oval box, the cover decorated in grisaille with the motto ‘With grateful Heart This Trifle I present, As such accept it And I am content’, 4.5cm wide; an oval box with lobed sides, the cover decorated with lovebirds and the motto ‘A Lover’s GIFT', the interior with a mirror, 4cm wide; a small circular box inscribed ‘A Pledge of my Esteem’, 2cm diam.; a green nutmeg grater inscribed 'A Gift of a Parent, 4.5cm long; a multi-colour nutmeg grater with raised enamel decoration 4.5cm long; and a bodkin case, decorated with flower reserves on a pink ground, 5.5cm long (8)
Dimensions
the largest 5.5cm long