European enamels . andhas evidently been thinking of the objects them-selves, not only of the print. Thus he has intro-duced changes into the design and the style is taken from Paris and Dresden. °6> IS°7> and 1606 are obviously by a mantrained entirely as a china painter. So also are thetoilet boxes, Nos. 1502 and 1511. In imitation of the bonbonnieres made inDresden in the shape of animals, the Batterseaartists also made copper-gilt and enamelled boxesin the shape of animals. Thus we have dogs heads(1620), and a pugs head with staring eyes ; also aboars head, a parrot
European enamels . andhas evidently been thinking of the objects them-selves, not only of the print. Thus he has intro-duced changes into the design and the style is taken from Paris and Dresden. °6> IS°7> and 1606 are obviously by a mantrained entirely as a china painter. So also are thetoilet boxes, Nos. 1502 and 1511. In imitation of the bonbonnieres made inDresden in the shape of animals, the Batterseaartists also made copper-gilt and enamelled boxesin the shape of animals. Thus we have dogs heads(1620), and a pugs head with staring eyes ; also aboars head, a parrot, a woodcock, and many others. There is a large collection of dtuis; these aregenerally ornamented with love scenes, such asVenus mourning over an urn for Adonis (1672).Then there are also nutmeg-graters, and curiousmustard boxes with a hole in the cover for thespoon-handle to project through (1796). One ofthese is designed into a fine military trophy (1795).There are a number of candlesticks in pale colours,158. TOILETTE BOX (KATTERSEA ENAMEL) AFTER WATTEAL. AT SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM SNUFF-BOXES AND FANCY WARE with small landscapes on a white ground. No. 1761is a particularly fine pair. There are also a largenumber of small taper candlesticks. In the Jones Bequest (442 and 894) there areseveral sets of silver candlesticks, enamelled in theground with a turquoise blue, which may have beendone at Battersea. There are also heads of canes (1750), and salt-cellars of a flat or squat shape with legs. Saltwould have been unwholesome in a highly-leadedglaze, so these salt-cellars were provided with glasslinings. There is an interesting collection of of these are obviously by china painters, as,for example, No. 1475, which represents Chinese boysat play. Nos. 63, 64, 65, 68, and 1467 are plaques ofpastoral scenes. The drawing is bad and the colourexecrable ; and yet, in spite of these defects, the purebrilliance of the pigments and surface affords aninexplicable pleasur
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