Archive for enamel boxes
Porcelain miniatures, trinket boxes and enamel boxes
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wedgwood basalt miniatures
AntiquesAvenue shop has had a bit of a change around to help you find the vintage miniatures I have available to buy. The enamel boxes and trinket boxes have now joined with porcelain miniatures into the new Miniatures areas. This work has been done in advance of a great new selection of pieces I have to put in here. I hope you enjoy looking
More information on Staffordshire enamel boxes ?
Posted by: | CommentsFrom my postbag: An enquiry asking if I had further information on Staffordshire enamels. The best I could do is to point the lady to the Staffordshire enamels website where there is a list of artists signatures and so each box can be checked back to the original artist.
Enamel boxes are popular with collectors and also make excelelnt gifts as they can be used as well as admired.
Here are a few enamel boxes available from the range offered by antiquesavenue.co.uk including Crummles and Halcyon days enamel boxes:
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- enamel box – flowers
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- enamel box – Golf
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- Enamel box – Ducks
Introduction to miniature enamel and porcelain boxes
Posted by: | CommentsAntiquesAvenue Guide: About Collectable Enamel And Porcelain Boxes
Collectable boxes were first fashionable in the Georgian Period. From the mid 1700s they were popular as snuff boxes, needle or bodkin cases, patch boxes, pill boxes, stamp cases, keep safes, souvenirs and love tokens.
You can find both trinket boxes and enamel boxes. These boxes often have metal fittings with a hinged lid and some have screw on lids. There is occasionally a little decoration inside the box as well as on the outside.
Today both porcelain and enamel boxes are once again popular with collectors. These can be found in a wide range of subjects and themes with the art work often being to a very high standard.
Themes include Childrens stories ( eg Beatrix potter), Christmas & Easter annual collectors editions, Historical & modern event commemoratives, Royalty, Floral & animal themes ( cat and dog boxes are popular gifts).
Boxes can be round, oval, square shapes. They can also be in the form of animals and other objects such as bags, fruit and in particular egg shaped boxes .
Whatever their form collectable boxes are small and precious – manufactured to please the eye and to be kept long term.
