Staffordshire Enamels Vintage Retired Trinket Pill Box Sail Boat Ship Shipwreck

Excellent condition.  No issues.  Box clicks firmly closed.  Beautiful mustard colored box with hand painted enamel ship floundering on shore.  Clouds and birds in the background.  Inside a line drawing/painting of outline of the same ship.  Perfect for the sailor/boater in your life or for yourself of course.  Gift quality condition.  1 3/4" in Diameter x 1 1/4" H.
There does seem to be a signature (illegible) off the starboard bow.  

This from Staffordshire Enamels... 

"A Staffordshire Enamel box starts life as a copper sheet. The lid and base parts of the box are produced by spinning or pressing the shapes from thin copper sheets. The surface of the copper is pickled in acid to clean and roughen it ready to accept the application of enamel.

Enamel is created from vitreous glass, which is milled to a fine powder and converted to emulsion by the addition of water and coloured oxides. Each copper form is coated with a ground coat and several layers of white or coloured enamel either by spraying or dipping. Each coat is individually fired in kilns heated to 800º C to ensure longevity and the deep lustrous finish.


  • Artwork for each design is hand drawn by distinguished artists, and approved by our Head Designer

  • Once a finished design has been approved an outline is drawn in black ink and a ceramic lithograph printed. This is applied to the enameled surface of the box

  • A further firing fixes the black outline which is then used by artists as a guide

  • Colours are hand mixed from specially selected fine pigments and oils such as clove, turpentine and aniseed. Platinum, gold and raised white decorations are all used on occasion to enhance the design and create special effects in the Georgian tradition

  • Once hand painting is completed, the most time consuming of all the many processes, the box is again fired to fix the colours and add the final glaze."



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    ~From a Private Estate Collection~


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