zonder minimumprijs – Snuifdoos – Emaille – Staffordshire

This beautiful box was made during a time where dutches and dukes dwelled in wealth in their exorbitant clothing and castles. Drove around in carriages and the gap between poor and rich was bigger than ever. In this time the most beautiful and exclusive enamels where made for those who could afford it. In this case the wealthy middleclass or bourgeoisie.This box is made of the most vibrant blue and the painting colors and verry good. It has some expected damage due to 300 years of history that came over it.The esteemed tradition of enamelling in England was established as early as the Nineth Century when the famous King Alfred Jewel, crafted from crystal with a hand painted enamelled plaque set underneath was made. The art of enamelling faded in England after the Middle Ages but was revived with astonishing beauty and popularity in the Eighteenth Century, after the French began to use painted enamels to decorate small items. This fashion was quickly adopted and developed in England, where the stunning colours and sophisticated designs caught the eyes of the luxury-loving aristocratic upper classes whose appetite for small, elegant and luxurious personal items ‘objets de vertu’ accelerated.Most of the earliest... lees verder bij Catawiki