ANTIQUE GEORGIAN BILSTON ENAMEL TRAVELLING INK WELL / WRITING ETUI C1780

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ANTIQUE GEORGIAN BILSTON ENAMEL TRAVELLING INK WELL / WRITING ETUI C1780:
$993.23

ANTIQUE GEORGIAN BILSTON ENAMEL TRAVELLING INK WELL / WRITING ETUI C1780 ANTIQUE GEORGIAN BILSTON ENAMEL TRAVELLING INK WELL / WRITING ETUI C1780

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I AM PLEASED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ANTIQUE BILSTON ENAMEL TRAVELLING WRITING ETUI DATING CIRCA 1780. THIS WONDERFUL ENAMEL ON COPPER WRITING CASKET HAS A SERPENTINE SHAPED HINGED BOX DECORATED WITH RAISED WHITE FLORAL PATTERN ON A BLUE GROUND AND WITH WHITE PANELS WITH COLOURFUL FLORAL SPRAYS. THE BASE OF THE BOX HAS THE SAME RAISED WHITE ENAMEL DECORATION. THE BOX HAS AGED BRASS RIMS, HINGE AND CATCH AND OPENS TO REVEAL THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LID ALSO DECORATED WITH FLORAL SPRAYS ON A WHITE ENAMEL GROUND. IN THE BASE ARE THE TWO ORIGINAL BOTTLES, INKWELL AND SANDER BOTH WITH ORIGINAL BRASS AND ENAMEL TOPS, FITTED WITHIN A GILT METAL MOUNT.

THIS RARE ANTIQUE BILSTON ENAMEL WRITING CASKET MEASURES APPROX. 5.5 CMS IN HEIGHT AND HAS A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 10 CMS BY 6.8 CMS. THE CASKET ITSELF IS OFFERED IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION. THERE ARE TWO SMALL KNOCKS TO THE OUTER CORNERS OF THE CASKET WITH THE COPPER BENEATH JUST ABOUT SHOWING THROUGH. OTHERWISE THERE ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS, MISSING ENAMEL OR RESTORATION. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REMOVE THE GLASS BOTTLES WHICH ARE WEDGED TIGHTLY INTO THE MOUNT. BOTH NECKS OF THE BOTTLES HAVE A NUMBER OF NIBBLES AND SMALL CHIPS AND THE PIERCED LID SITS RATHER LOOSELY ON THE NECK ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS IS A COMPLETE, ORIGINAL SET. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THESE BOXES ACHIEVE HIGH FOUR FIGURE SUMS SO I HAVE PRICED THIS ITEM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FLAWS MENTIONED ABOVE AND WILL CONSIDER ONLY SERIOUS OFFERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

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