Rare and unusual Battersea snuff box with hallmarks in the silver gilt along the rim. Battersea is a type of decorated enamelware produced between 1753 and 1756 under the direction of Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen at the York House in Battersea, a large district in south London, England. Created using a transfer technique considered to be the finest of its kind, Battersea boxes became popular tokens of affection in the mid 1700s. This box portrays a wonderful 18th century European hunt scene with a castle. There are some minor cracks in the enameling that are expected of a piece this age, and the box measures 2.75 inches wide by 2 inches deep by 1 inch tall.
Rare and unusual Battersea snuff box with hallmarks in the silver gilt along the rim. Battersea is a type of decorated enamelware produced between 1753 and 1756 under the direction of Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen at the York House in Battersea, a large district in south London, England. Created using a transfer technique considered to be the finest of its kind, Battersea boxes became popular tokens of affection in the mid 1700s. This box portrays a wonderful 18th century European hunt scene with a castle. There are some minor cracks in the enameling that are expected of a piece this age, and the box measures 2.75 inches wide by 2 inches deep by 1 inch tall.
