Two English enamel snuff boxes

the first probably Bilston, circa 1760, rectangular, the lid painted with Juno in her peacock-drawn chariot flying through stormy clouds, the interior of the lid with an oval portrait of Lady Fenhoulet with fur-trimmed muff, the sides and base with flower sprays on a gilt diaper ground, wavy gold mounts; the second, South Staffordshire, circa 1760-65, rectangular, the lid transfer-printed and coloured with l’Amourette, the sides and base painted by a different hand with lovers in parkland, within raised gilt ornament, wavy gilt.mes tal mounts, the interior of the lid finely-painted with Venus appealing to Jupiter on behalf of Aeneas,

First box:Ionides collects ion, Replica Shoes 's London 27 May 1963, lot 160;
Sotheby's London, 29 November 1976, lot 61

Second: Replica Shoes 's London, 29 November 1976, lot 171.

1. Good unrestored condition with minor haircracks on lid, light wear on base, narrow scrape to rim of left side base, original bright gilding on mounts. 2. Excellent painting on lid, condition generally very good.
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The portrait of Miss Ann Day, later wife of Sir Peter Fenhoulet, on the interior of the first box, is based on an engraving by Richard Purcell, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg.

For another snuff box, the lid painted with strolling lovers, its interior with the same mythological subject of Venus seeking Jupiter's aid, see the Mort and Moira Lesser collects ion, Bonham's, 19 October 2011, lot 75.