English enamel curtain tie-back brooch, C. 1780.
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English enamel curtain tie-back plaque, printed & painted with a lady by a monument with the portrait of a gent, a laurel wreath below enclosing the inscription `Sacred to Freindship`, mounted in contemporary sterling silver as a brooch. Circa 1780
| Condition | stress cracks to face, small area restored |
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| Size | 4.5cm wide, 6.5 cm long |
| References | ref. ‘English Painted Enamels’ p 144, where a page from a 1780’s catalogue is illustrated with an example almost identical to this, alas of unknown origin. |
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