A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMELLED FITTED TEA-CASKET

For similar examples, see Christie's, London, 6 December 2005, lot 7 and The Mort & Moira Lesser Collection of English Enamels, Bonhams, London, 19 October 2011, lot 54. Also compare with the tea-caskets illustrated by T. and B. Hughes, English Painted Enamels, Feltham, 1967, no. 32, p. 69, no. 53, p. 94, no. 57, p. 113 and no. 73, p. 138. Pastoral scenes and Italian landscapes by painters such as Claude and Boucher and engravers such as Vivares became the stock subjects with many enamel makers and were produced in an infinite variety of groupings.