A Chelsea gilt-metal-mounted bonbonnière and enamel cover circa 1755

representative of Geography, molded and applied with various navigational instruments, the enamel cover painted with a flower spray and scattered sprigs.

The Collection of Otto and Magdalena Blohm, Sotheby's London, July 4, 1960, lot 34
D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, London

G. E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, 1925, pl. 49, no. 2
Friedrich H. Hofman, Das Porzellan, 1932, p. 437, fig. 483

There section of the ribbon extending from the telescope to the edge of the chart has been chipped away, as is a portion of the ribbon entwined around the telescope. there is come minor flaking or rubbing to the gilding of the sextant, telescope and the compass and the black enamel of the case lying beside the telescope. The porcelain box is loose in its mount and may have been remounted. The enamel cover has a number of typical fine haircracks.
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