A GROUP OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL ETUIS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The first of tapering form and green ground painted with peasants and their flocks in landscape settings; another turquoise-ground painted with floral sprays on white grounds; a pink-ground example painted with figures in landscape vignettes; the fourth with bright blue ground with painted with panels of putti and farm animals with paper inventory label inscribed '706'; some partially and fully lacking contents; together with a pink-ground bodkin case, with combined thimble holder, the sides with rural scenes and inscribed 'Secret en amitié', one end with portrait of a lady, with leather inventory label
The green etui; 4 in. (10 cm.) high
A GROUP OF FOUR GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL ETUIS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The first of tapering form and green ground painted with peasants and their flocks in landscape settings; another turquoise-ground painted with floral sprays on white grounds; a pink-ground example painted with figures in landscape vignettes; the fourth with bright blue ground with painted with panels of putti and farm animals with paper inventory label inscribed '706'; some partially and fully lacking contents; together with a pink-ground bodkin case, with combined thimble holder, the sides with rural scenes and inscribed 'Secret en amitié', one end with portrait of a lady, with leather inventory label
The green etui; 4 in. (10 cm.) high