A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box

A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box, the gilt metal mounted hinged cover painted in colours with a full length portrait of the King of Prussia, in a stormy landscape, the interior painted with two figures beneath a tree, the sides and base painted with military trophies, on a bianco-sopra-bianco diaper ground, 3 3/8" wide, circa 1760

Provenance; Macdonald Collection, acquired from Albert Amor, September 1958 'A superb Battersea enamel box..£120'
                     The Collection of a Gentleman 

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