Lot Essay
Gerald Mander was an antiquarian and historian from the Midlands who also collected Staffordshire enamels.
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JULIANS PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE
A GROUP OF ENAMEL SNUFF BOXES AND OBJECTS
SOME STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY, SOME SAMSON, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A GROUP OF ENAMEL SNUFF BOXES AND OBJECTS
SOME STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY, SOME SAMSON, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: a pair of South Staffordshire quadrille pools or counter dishes enamelled with playing cards and bank notes; a gilt-metal-mounted Staffordshire snuff-box with trellis-pattern ground, the cover centred by a vignette of courting figures, the underside of the lid with a couple smoking in an interior, circa 1770; a gilt-metal-mounted South Staffordshire etui with foliate pattern on a blue ground; an oblong oval snuff-box, the cover with a courting couple, with label 'FROM THE COLLECTION OF GERALD MANDER' inscribed No. 43; a gold-mounted snuff-box with ribbed body enamelled with flowers on a blue ground, scratch marks 8754 WE/7-, 19th century; and four other various snuff-boxes, probably Samson, 19th century and later
The counter dishes: 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep
The first snuff-box: 1 ¼ x 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (3 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm.)
SOME STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY, SOME SAMSON, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: a pair of South Staffordshire quadrille pools or counter dishes enamelled with playing cards and bank notes; a gilt-metal-mounted Staffordshire snuff-box with trellis-pattern ground, the cover centred by a vignette of courting figures, the underside of the lid with a couple smoking in an interior, circa 1770; a gilt-metal-mounted South Staffordshire etui with foliate pattern on a blue ground; an oblong oval snuff-box, the cover with a courting couple, with label 'FROM THE COLLECTION OF GERALD MANDER' inscribed No. 43; a gold-mounted snuff-box with ribbed body enamelled with flowers on a blue ground, scratch marks 8754 WE/7-, 19th century; and four other various snuff-boxes, probably Samson, 19th century and later
The counter dishes: 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep
The first snuff-box: 1 ¼ x 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (3 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm.)
Provenance
The oblong oval box: The Collection of Gerald Poynton Mander (1886-1951).
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Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections