A Chelsea bonbonniere

Provenance:
English Private Collection

A Chelsea small bonbonniere, in the form of Cupid and an infant Bacchus, reclining, arm in arm, on a mound, Cupid holding a wine cup to the mouth of the infant, decorated in coloured enamels, and entwined with a ribbon inscribed in red 'PLUS JE BOIS ET PLUS JAIME', the interior painted in coloured enamels with flowers, the gilt metal mounted enamel hinged cover painted to the interior and exterior with flowers, 1 3/4" wide, circa 1760

See G E Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, Plate 50, number 5, for an unmounted bonbonniere of this form, then in the Robert Gelston Collection 

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