Bilston & Battersea, Two Enamel Boxes and a Nutmeg Grater

Late 18th-early 19th century, hand-painted enamel with brass bezel clasp, unmarked, first a bonbonniere modeled as an odalisque reclined with sea serpent, underside panel with hand-painted tulip motif sprig (2 1/2 in.); the second of oval form with bird relief and floral branch, mirrored interior (2 1/4 in.); and third an egg form nutmeg grater, decorated with vignette of maiden in a garden cottage, together with nutmeg nut to interior (1 3/4 in.).

From the Collection of Josephine Chapman Borthwick, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Some scattered surface wear and staining to enamel; odalisque with areas of crazing to enamel, one small area to interior with associated enamel loss; some silver degradation to mirror.

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